WEST FOREST 48, UNION 40

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

The Lady Indians (12-3 overall, 8-3 KSAC West), who missed their first 13 shots of the game, used a 9-0 fourth-quarter run to put the game away.

Leading 33-31 early in the final frame, West Forest got five points from sophomore Geena Sneeringer and three from senior Jackie Lutz to open up a 42-31 lead with 4:26 left.

Union (11-5, 8-4 KSAC East) fought back going on a 7-0 run of its own, all seven points were scored by Courtney Frederick, to cut the West Forest lead to 42-38 with 2:47 left.

But West Forest hit 6 of 8 free throws down the stretch to stop Union's comeback attempt.

The game might have been lost for Union in the first quarter when West Forest missed the 13 straight shots to start the game. Despite the Lady Indians cold shooting, Union couldn't pull away taking only a 5-0 lead before Lutz finally broke the ice for West Forest with a 3-pointetr at the 2:36 left in the quarter.

West Forest then scored 10 of the quarters finals 14 points to take a 10-9 lead at the end of eight minutes.

The Lady Indians then started to break away in the second quarter using spurts of 5-0 and 10-2 to break open a 27-18 halftime lead.

Union, which has lost 3 of 5, came back in the third quarter outscoring West Forest 11-6 to cut the deficit to 33-29 at the end of the quarter.

Torri Smith then kept things going for the Golden Damsels at the start of the fourth quarter when she hit a jumper 11 seconds into the quarter to cut the West Forest lead to two points, 33-31.

But Lutz answered with an old-school 3-point play to start the game-deciding 9-0 run.  

Lutz and Sneeringer led the Lady Indians with 14 points, while Erica Blum added 12. Amanda Carll pulled down 11 boards.

Smith led the way for the Damsels with 16 points and 10 rebounds, followed by Frederick with nine points. Tina Lipps reeled in 14 caroms, while Melissa Shook grabbed 12. 

NOTES:  Union outrebounded West Forest 58-41 ... West Forest did not commit a turnover in the first half ... Both teams struggled from the field as Union shot 17-of-63 (27 percent), while West Forest shot 13-of-58 (22.4 percent) ...

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