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December 15, 2009

Berks Gives up Late Lead and Falls to St. Elizabeth

Penn State Berks (2-5) relinquished a lead late in the game as they fell to St. Elizabeth (5-3) on Friday evening in Morristown, NJ.

The two teams each had opportunities to take control of the contest as they battled in a game that saw 10 ties and the lead change hands twelve times.  Neither team would hold more than a seven point advantage the entire game. 

The Nittany Lions held the advantage on the glass out rebounding the Screaming Eagles 31-25 in game and also forced 24 Eagles turnovers to the Nittany Lions 18.  Penn State Berks shot well for the game at 44.6% but hurt themselves at the charity stripe shooting just 45.5% for the game.

Penn State Berks fell behind early in the game as the Eagles used an 11-4 run over the opening five minutes of the game to build their largest lead of the game at 7 points.  The Nittany Lions answered with eight unanswered points with Dorian Bishop (Junior/South Plainfield) scoring four points during that stretch to take their first lead of the game at 12-11.  The two teams would battle for control the remainder of the half as Berks went into the locker rooms up 30-28.

The Screaming Eagles again used the opening minutes of the second half to build a seven point advantage.  They opened up the half on an 11-2 run that put them up 39-32 with 16 minutes remaining in the game.  The Nittany Lions fought back and held a 51-47 lead with just over five minutes remaining in the contest but late turnovers and poor shooting opened the door for St. Elizabeth. 

St. Elizabeth regained the lead for good on a Melinda Levenduksy layup and opened up a six point lead at the foul line with Levensuksy and Bridget Sweeney each hitting a pair from the line.  The Nittany Lions would get no closer than three points the rest of the way and fell 60-55. 

Steph Binder (Junior/Wilson) led the way for Berks with 20 points on 10-17 shooting in the game.  Courtney Bailey (Senior/Dauphin Co. Vo-Tech) finished the game with 13 points a team high 8 rebounds while Jasmine Harris Kane (Junior/Simon Gratz) contributed 4 points, 9 assists, 6 steals and 8 rebounds in the loss.

The women will return to action after the holidays when they travel to Valley Forge Christian College on Wednesday January 6th.