NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College women's basketball team improved to 5-0 on the season with a 77-45 win at home vs. Saint Vincent on Saturday afternoon. The Titans are off to their best start since 1988-89 when they started 7-0. The Bearcats fall to 1-5 on the season.
Five Westminster players scored in double figures, led by senior guard/forward Emilee Ackerman (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) with a game-high 24 points on 7-14 shooting from the floor. Ackerman, who snared 11 rebounds for her sixth career "double-double," has now scored at least 24 points in each of her last four games including three double-doubles.
As a team, the Titans shot 54 percent (27-50) while the Bearcats shot just 24.5 percent (13-53). Westminster also held a large 51-21 rebounding advantage
Sophomore center Rachel Martinko (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) bucketed 13 points on 6-9 shooting to go with a game-high 13 rebounds, while Gina Brunetti (Canfield, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) and senior forward Terese Marszalek (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) scored 15 and 10 points, respectively.
Gabbie Kassis led Saint Vincent with 10 points.
Westminster jumped to a 15-point, 22-7 lead in the opening eight minutes and never looked back. The Titans led 38-20 at halftime and led by as many as 29 points (54-25) early in the second half before running away with the 32-point victory.
Westminster opens conference play at Grove City on Wednesday, Dec. 5 for a 6 p.m. tip.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked 15th among liberal arts colleges, according to the Washington Monthly 2007 Annual College Guide. Westminster is a national leader in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America's Best Colleges, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 366 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and was recognized by the Templeton Guide as a "Character Building College."
Nearly 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus.
