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Natalie Murrio
Jason Kapusta
64
Winner Chatham CHA 16-7,13-6 PAC
56
Westminster (PA) WES 14-10,10-9 PAC
Winner
Chatham CHA
16-7,13-6 PAC
64
Final
56
Westminster (PA) WES
14-10,10-9 PAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Chatham CHA 11 20 9 24 64
Westminster (PA) WES 12 18 14 12 56

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Westminster women nipped at home

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.--The Westminster College women's basketball team was dealt a 64-56 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) loss by visiting Chatham University Wednesday night at Ron Galbreath Court inside Buzz Ridl Gymnasium.

Chatham, winners of three straight, improved to 16-7 overall and 13-6 in league play. Westminster fell to 14-10 overall and 10-9 in the PAC. 

Senior Natalie Murrio (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brentwood) finished with a 26-point, 10-rebound double-double. It was her first double-double of the season. Murrio went 10-of-19 from the floor and made 6-of-7 free throw attempts. Wednesday was her ninth game scoring 20 or more points this winter. She ranks fifth in the league with 16.0 points per game scoring average. 

Junior Katie Fitzpatrick (Cumberland Center, Maine | Greely) finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. Senior Camden Hergenrother (Salem, Ohio | Cardinal Mooney) added nine points, three rebounds and four assists. 

Hannah Chenault led three Chatham players in double figures with 19 points and five rebounds. 

Chenault's three-pointer with six seconds left in the first period cut Westminster's lead to one, 12-11, heading into the second period. 

Early in the second Chatham put together a 13-0 scoring run to jump out to a 24-14 lead on Ashley Louden's three-pointer with just under seven minutes left in the half. Westminster closed out the period on a 10-0 scoring run and trailed by one, 31-30, at the break. Murrio and Fitzpatrick each had four points during the run.

Fitzpatrick's three-point play with 3:29 to go in the third period stretched Westminster's lead to eight, 43-35. The Titans led 44-40 heading into the fourth period. 

Louden's bucket with 6:27 left in the fourth capped a 10-5 scoring run and gave Chatham a 50-49 lead. A Murrio three-point play with just under five minutes left in regulation put Westminster up two, 52-50, but Chatham outscored the Titans 8-0 over the next 4:13 to go up by eight, 60-52. The Cougars hit four-straight free throws down the stretch to secure the eight-point road win. 

Westminster shot 35.9 percent (23-64) from the field but went just 2-of-17 (11.8%) from three-point range. The Titans knocked down 8-of-10 (80.0%) free throw tries.

Chatham shot 35.6 percent (21-59) from the floor and hit 9-of-26 (34.6%) three-point tries. The Cougars combined to make 13-of-16 (81.3%) free throw attempts. 

The Titans finished with a 40-34 edge on the glass and outscored the Cougars 38-22 in the paint. 

Westminster closes the regular season Saturday when it hosts Thiel College. Tipoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Hergenrother, Murrio and Bell will be honored before the game. 
 
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