DAYTONA, Fla. – The Westminster College women's basketball team lost, 64-52, to Spalding University in its second game of the Daytona Beach Shootout on Wednesday.
Spalding (4-6) started the game with a 7-0 lead with 7:47 left in the first quarter. Westminster (3-7) took its first lead of the game after an 11-3 run, capped off with a layup by junior
Jackie Mathews (Pittsburgh, PA / OLSH), with 3:36 on the clock. The Titans led 19-16 after one. Westminster maintained its lead in the second quarter and led by as much as 13 points (37-24) after sophomore
Aliya Gage (New Castle, PA / Mohawk) made a three-pointer with 1:15 left. The Titans were up 37-27 at halftime. The Golden Eagles opened the second half with a 14-3 run to take a 41-40 lead with 6:20 to play in the third. Spalding outscored Westminster 9-2 for the remainder of the third quarter and led 50-42. The Titans got within seven points of Spalding's lead (56-49) after senior
Kylie Cook (Pittsburgh, PA / Mount Lebanon) made a pair of free throws with 4:47 left. That, however, would be the closest Westminster would get for the remainder of the contest.
Titan sophomore
Emily Fromknecht (Erie, PA / McDowell) scored a team-high 10 points, while tying with senior
Kristine Fromknecht (Erie, PA / McDowell) with a game-high eight rebounds. E. Fromknecht tied her own second-place all-time school mark with a game-best six blocks and now has 52 for her career, two away from tying seventh all-time in school history. K. Fromknecht registered seven points, while senior
Paige Quinn (Pittsburgh, PA / Shaler), Cook, and Gage each had six points. Mathews added five points. Gage tied a career-high with a team-best five assists. Mathews and first-year
Alazia Greaves (West Sunbury, PA / Moniteau) each pocketed a team-best two steals.
Both teams shot 32.8% from the floor. Westminster outrebounded Spalding, 46-38.
The Titans won, 61-54, over Wheaton College (Mass.) on Tuesday in the first day of their Florida trip.
Westminster will next play at Thomas More College in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 5:30 p.m.
