GREENVILLE, Pa. - The Westminster College women's basketball team had no problem defeating Thiel, 66-49, on the road Wednesday night in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game.
The game featured the top two scorers in the PAC. Westminster senior guard/forward Emilee Ackerman (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield), the second leading scorer in the PAC entering the game with 20.7 points per game, bucketed a game-high 27 points, while Thiel's Amber Bodrick, the league's top scorer with a 21.1 average, was limited to just 10 points.
Ackerman also added a game-high 11 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season.
Thiel (6-7, 3-3 PAC) led by as many as three points (16-13) with 8:12 left in the first half before Westminster (11-4, 4-2 PAC) poured it in on after building on a 27-23 halftime lead to take a 10-point, 36-26 lead four minutes into the second half.
The Titans then went up by 20 points (56-36) nine minutes later and led by as many as 25 points (62-37) with 5:12 left in the game.
Westminster freshman guard Kaitlin McCarthy (Lowellville, Ohio/Lowellville) scored 10 points while dishing out a game-high six assists and tying a career high with seven rebounds.
Michelle George and Jasmin Jones led the Tomcats with 12 points apiece.
Westminster shot 32.1 percent (17-53) and limited Thiel to 23.1 percent (16-65). The Titans also held a 53-45 rebound advantage.
Westminster travels to Bethany Saturday for a 2 p.m. start.
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.
