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» Athletics › Women's Basketball
February 25, 2005 Gwynedd-Mercy 88, Wesley 85 OT DOVER, DEL. -- Gwynedd-Mercy advanced to its eighth-straight PAC Championship Game by scoring the last 10 points in overtime to claim an 88-85 win over Wesley in a PAC Tournament semifinal matchup Friday evening. The Griffins will play at Alvernia tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the title game. It is a rematch of last year's game as GMC looks to return the favor by winning on the opposing court. Freshman Lauren Healy (Glenmoore, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) scored a season-high 24 points, with nine coming in the extra session. Senior Gina Morano (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) added a career-high 21 points. The Griffins (15-11) scored the game's first seven points and would lead by as much as 20-7 midway through the first half before Wesley closed the gap with a 13-4 run to close out the stanza. GMC held a 30-27 lead at the break. In the second half, the Wolverines (19-8) took their first lead of the contest as Tricia Casarotto scored on a layup with 13:15 to play. Casarotto finished with 10 points, 11 rebounds, four assists, and four blocks. Wesley's Brittany Lundy, who netted 28 points in the meeting of the teams last week, gave Wesley a 69-61 lead with 4:02 remaining. Lundy scored 16 points. But back came the Griffins, who erased the deficit to take a 72-71 lead with 1:12 in regulation on a bucket by freshman Karen Tierney (Philadelphia, Pa./Kennedy-Kenrick). Tierney registered 16 points. She would hit one of two free throws with 44 seconds to tie the game at 73-73 where both teams remained deadlocked after 40 minutes. In the overtime session, Gwynedd-Mercy fell behind early and faced an 85-78 hole before holding Wesley without a field goal over the last 2:36 and outscoring the Wolverines 10-0 to close the game. T'Neisha Turner led all scorers with 33 points while teammate Robin Smith tabbed 18 points and a game-high 22 boards. Wesley shot 31-of-89 (34%) for the game. The Griffins were successful on 28-of-69 (40%) shooting
while draining nine treys on the night.
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