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THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS
Steve Finkernagel
79
Winner Wilkes University WUWB 5-2
58
Juniata JUNWB 1-7
Winner
Wilkes University WUWB
5-2
79
Final
58
Juniata JUNWB
1-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wilkes University WUWB 37 42 79
Juniata JUNWB 18 40 58

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Balanced Scoring Leads Wilkes Women’s Basketball Past Juniata 79-58

Balanced Scoring Leads Wilkes Women's Basketball Past Juniata 79-58
 
HUNTINGDON, PA – Cara Basile (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) and Elena Stambone (Jessup, PA/Valley View) combined for 38 points to lead visiting Wilkes University to a 79-58 victory at Juniata College Saturday night in Memorial Gymnasium.
 
Wilkes improves to 5-2 overall following the win while Juniata slips to 1-7 on the young season.
 
Wilkes led from start to finish never looking back after a hot start leading 27-9 with 5:36 left in the first half. The Lady Colonels settled for a 37-18 advantage at the break.
 
Stambone and Basile did a majority of their damage scoring in the second frame netting 12 and 11 points respectively as Wilkes outscored Juniata 42-40 over the final twenty minutes of play on way to the 21-point non-league victory.
 
The story of the game for Wilkes came from the foul line as the Lady Colonels went 25-for-36 from the stripe compared to just 8-for-14 for Juniata.
 
Stambone went 5-for-15 from the floor for 19 points. Basile finished with 19 points on 8-for-14 shooting on way to her career night. Haley Mesaros (Royersford, PA/Pope John Paul II) added 13 points and three rebounds, while Chelsea Brown (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley) finished with a double-double of 11 points and ten boards.
 
Wilkes returns home Monday hosting local rival Keystone College at 6:00 p.m. at the Marts Center before breaking for the Christmas holiday.
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