Herman defense vs Gallaudet
Tyler Schueck
61
Gallaudet GALW 4-9, 2-3 NEAC
71
Winner Penn State Berks PSBW 7-6, 3-2 NEAC
Gallaudet GALW
4-9, 2-3 NEAC
61
Final
71
Penn State Berks PSBW
7-6, 3-2 NEAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Gallaudet GALW 19 14 12 16 61
Penn State Berks PSBW 17 11 18 25 71

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Strong second half leads WBB past Gallaudet

READING, PA - The Penn State Berks women's basketball team erased an 11-point second half deficit in a 71-61 victory over Gallaudet University in Saturday afternoon's North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) South Division contest.

The Nittany Lions (7-6, 2-0 NEAC South) trailed 19-17 at the end of the first period and were down by five points (33-28) at the halftime intermission. The Bison (4-9, 0-2 NEAC South) pushed their lead to 11 (41-30) with 7:23 left in the third, which matched their largest lead of the afternoon. Berks chipped away at the deficit and went ahead 46-45 when Katie Armstrong got a defensive rebound and went the distance of the court and beat the third quarter buzzer. The teams exchanged leads to start the fourth period before the Nittany Lions used an 18-5 run to go up by 12 (66-54). Gallaudet got within eight points (69-61)  with 43 seconds remaining, but a pair of free throws by Kylie Herman put the game out of reach.

In the second half, Berks shot 58.3% (14-of-24) from the floor, compared to a 42.9% (12-of-28) effort in the opening 20 minutes. Conversely, the Bison were 48.4% (15-of-31) in the first half, but were held to 30.0% (9-of-30) in the final two quarters. Another difference maker was at the foul line, where Berks shot 72.7% (16-for-22) versus a 57.1% (8-for-14) effort by Gallaudet.

Herman led the Nittany Lions offense attack with 21 points to go along with six rebounds. Armstrong recorded 14 points, five assists, five steals, four boards, and blocked shot, while Nicole Kopcik chipped in 11 points, three steals, four rebounds, and a block. Julia Bookwalter just missed out on a double-double after notching 10 points and nine boards to go with her three blocks and three assists. Lex Schratt came off the bench to add seven points and two boards. Sam Brensinger, who spurred the third quarter comeback with a 3-pointer, finished with four points and four rebounds.

Sunita Schmidjorg shot 9-of-18 from the field and 4-of-12 from beyond the arc to finish with a contest-high 24 points. Emelia Beldon had 15 points, seen assists, and six steals, while Cassidy Perry added 13 points, 13 boards, and three steals.

The Nittany Lions will travel to Penn College for a NEAC South Division contest on Tuesday, January 21 at 7 p.m.
 
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