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THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS
Steve Finkernagel
58
Winner Neumann University NUWB 4-6
45
Wilkes University WUWB 5-4
Winner
Neumann University NUWB
4-6
58
Final
45
Wilkes University WUWB
5-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Neumann University NUWB 28 30 58
Wilkes University WUWB 21 24 45

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Cold Shooting Dooms Lady Colonels in 58-45 Loss to Neumann

Cold Shooting Dooms Lady Colonels in 58-45 Loss to Neumann
 
GETTYSBURG, PA – Wilkes University finished shooting a season-low 27.1 percent from the field and just 8.3 percent from long range as the Lady Colonels dropped a 58-45 decision to Neumann University Sunday afternoon in the opening game of the Gettysburg College Tournament.
 
Wilkes slips to 5-4 overall following the loss while Neumann improves its season mark to 4-6 after the non-conference victory.
 
Neither team could find any rhythm on the offensive end throughout the first half as the teams combined to make just 19 field goals in the frame. Neumann claimed a 28-21 lead at the break thanks to nine points from Jessica Schlesman and eight tallies from Sarah Roberts. No Lady Colonel scored more than five points in the opening frame as Wilkes struggled from behind the arc shooting just 1-of-6 from three-point land.
 
Wilkes cut the Neumann lead to five, 32-27, five minutes into the second half when Chelsea Brown (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley) scored inside the paint. From there, Neumann built its lead back to double digits pushing the advantage to as many as 15 points midway through the stanza and kept the lead over the final eight minutes of play to secure the non-league victory.
 
Brown was the lone Wilkes player in double figures finishing with a team-high 17 points and 15 rebounds. Wilkes finished shooting 19-for-70 on the afternoon, making just one three-pointer in twelve attempts.
 
Schlesman topped Neumann with 20 points while Johanna Metzger added 18 points and ten rebounds and Roberts contributed ten points.
 
Wilkes (5-4) will play Hood College in the consolation game Monday at 2:00 p.m. Hood fell to host Gettysburg 57-41 in the other tournament opening game.
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