NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Senior guard Gina Brunetti (Canfield, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) played her final home game as a member of the Westminster College women's basketball player and scored a season-high 22 points in the Titans' 64-56 win over Geneva on Saturday.
The Titans finish the regular season with an 8-16 record and will travel to Washington & Jefferson on Tuesday at 6 p.m. for a first-round game in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Tournament. Geneva finishes its season with a 9-15 record.
Freshman forward Emily Dolsak (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald) scored a career-high 18 points for a second straight game for Westminster. She also tied two other teammates with a team-high five rebounds.
Other notables for Westminster included junior guard Amy Dolsak (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald) sinking nine points to go with team highs of five rebounds and six assists. Sophomore point guard Kaitlin McCarthy (Lowellville, Ohio/Lowellville) also dished out a game-high six assists to go with two points, three steals and four rebounds.
Forward Katherine Khattab (Bixby, Okla./Bixby), Westminster's other senior playing in her final home game, scored six points on 3-3 shooting.
Valerie Hamilton led the Golden Tornadoes with 16 points, followed by Rachel Barry with 13 points and Michawn Rich with 12 points.
Westminster won despite tying a season with 26 turnovers. Geneva committed 18 turnovers. The difference was Westminster shooting 51 percent (25-49) compared to Geneva's 27.9 percent (17-61). The Titans also shot 37.5 percent (6-16) from 3-point range compared to Geneva's 12.5 percent (3-24).
Westminster led by as many as 11 points in the first half before holding a 35-30 halftime lead. In the second half, the Titans would go back up by as many as 11 points before weathering a Geneva run that saw the Golden Tornadoes whittle the Titans' lead down to two points, 58-56 with 1:30 remaining. After Amy Dolsak sank a lay-up to put Westminster up by four points, Geneva committed a turnover on the ensuing possession with 46 seconds remaining. Geneva was forced to foul and Westminster came away with the win.
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 368 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.
