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Maddie Syka
Emily Tallis
51
Westminster (PA) WES 1-3,0-0 PAC
75
Winner Muskingum MUSK 3-1,0-0 OAC
Westminster (PA) WES
1-3,0-0 PAC
51
Final
75
Muskingum MUSK
3-1,0-0 OAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Westminster (PA) WES 10 18 12 11 51
Muskingum MUSK 21 17 22 15 75

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's basketball loses to Muskingum

WOOSTER, Ohio---The Westminster women's basketball team dropped a 75-51 decision to Muskingum on the second day of Wooster's Nan Nichols Classic Saturday. 

Junior Maddie Syka (Darlington, Pa., Lincoln Park) scored 12 points, made three three-pointers and added three steals. Senior Grace Cano (Greenville, Pa., Greenville) finished with seven points and five rebounds while going 2-of-2 from the field and 3-of-3 at the free throw line. Sophomore Bella Calcamuggio (Sylvania, Ohio, Notre Dame Academy) recorded five rebounds, three steals and two assists. Junior Katie Maryo (Cleveland, Ohio, Magnificat) added six points on two three-pointers and collected two steals.

The Titans spent the first quarter working out of an early 7-0 deficit, getting on the board when Calcamuggio hit a transition three-pointer off junior Angelina Brush's (Murrysville, Pa., Franklin Regional) steal and assist. The Muskies ended the quarter leading 21-10.

The Titans put together a key push late in the second quarter, using a 9-0 run to cut Muskingum's lead from 35-19 to 35-28 with 14 seconds left in the half. Syka started the stretch with a three-pointer and added a free throw after a steal, Cano scored inside off freshman Abby Dlugos' (Greensburg, Pa., Greensburg Central Catholic) assist, and Maryo capped it with a three-pointer. Muskingum hit a three-pointer with two seconds left, leaving the Titans down 10, 38-28, after outscoring Muskingum 18-17 in the quarter.

The Titans struggled to generate offense in the third quarter, going 2-for-12 from the field while Muskingum outscored went 9-of-14. Syka and Brush accounted for Westminster's two made baskets, both from three-point range, and the Titans added six points at the free throw line. Muskingum finished the quarter ahead 60-40.
The Titans were held to 3-of-15 shooting in the fourth while committing six turnovers. Syka and sophomore Ava Bennett (Doylestown, Ohio, Chippewa) each hit a three-pointer, and sophomore Caitlin Kreitzer (Wampum, Pa., Lincoln)added a layup for the Titans.

Up next:
Westminster will travel to LaRoche on Wednesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. 
 
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