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Rachel Durbin
Timothy D. Sofranko
50
Westminster WES 11-16
71
Winner Waynesburg WAY 16-10
Westminster WES
11-16
50
Final
71
Waynesburg WAY
16-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Westminster WES 9 13 9 19 50
Waynesburg WAY 15 15 19 22 71

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Basketball: Titans End Season with Loss at Waynesburg in PAC Quarterfinals

WAYNESBURG, Pa. – The eighth-seeded Westminster College women's basketball team lost, 71-50, at fourth-seeded Waynesburg University in the 2016-17 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Quarterfinals Wednesday evening.
 
Titan sophomore Jackie Mathews (Pittsburgh, PA / OLSH) scored a team-high nine points, while junior Kylie Cook (Pittsburgh, PA / Mount Lebanon) netted seven.
Senior Rachel Durbin (Lowellville, OH / Lowellville), who made her 100th career start, junior Paige Quinn (Pittsburgh, PA / Shaler), and first-year Francesca Sicari (Erie, PA / McDowell) each registered six points. First-year Emily Fromknecht (Erie, PA / McDowell) grabbed down a team-high eight rebounds, to go along with four points. First-year Kayla Bennett (Kent, OH / Theodore Roosevelt) added six boards. First-year Aliya Gage (New Castle, PA / Mohawk) had four rebounds and a team-best three steals. Quinn and Sicari each dished-out a team-high two assists. First-year Brooke Lyczek (Cranberry PA / Seneca) earned a block.
 
The Yellow Jackets outshot the Titans 38.8% (26-67) to 27.5% (14-51) and outrebounded them 48-36.
 
Waynesburg (16-10), in front 4-3, orchestrated an 8-0 run to take a 12-3 lead with 3:47 remaining in the first quarter. Westminster answered with a 6-0 run to cut the Yellow Jackets' lead to 12-9, capped off with a pair of free throws by Mathews, with 1:07 remaining. The Yellow Jackets led 15-9 at the end of one. Waynesburg opened the second quarter with a 9-2 run and took their largest lead of the half, 24-11, with 6:49 left. The Titans answered with an 11-2 run, capped off with two made free throws by Lyczek, to cut Waynesburg's lead to 26-22 with 3:57 left. Waynesburg led 30-22 at halftime. The Yellow Jackets outscored the Titans 19-9 in the third and were in front 49-31 at the end of three. Waynesburg maintained its double-digit lead in the fourth and had its largest lead of the game, 71-42, with 1:26 remaining.
 
Westminster finished the season 11-16 overall and 5-13 in the PAC.
 
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