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Doylestown, PA - Delaware Valley's Moira Donohue reached the 1,000-point milestone, but fellow senior Brooke Dittmar stole the show with career highs of 21 points and 16 rebounds as the host Aggies downed previously unbeaten Marywood University, 68-64, in women's basketball action Thursday evening in Doylestown.
The win lifted the Aggies to 3-4 on the season and they have one game remaining in the first semester with next Sunday's home contest against McDaniel College. The Pacers, who were off to their best start in program history, suffered their first loss in seven contests.
Donohue, the team's leading scorer with 17.3 points per game, needed just seven points to become the 10th player in Delaware Valley women's basketball history to reach the coveted milestone. She did just that as her 3-pointer with 1:32 remaining in the first half gave the senior guard her 1,000th-point and the Aggies a 36-32 advantage. Donohue was held scoreless in the second half and finished the night with the seven point
Dittmar was dominant inside as the senior hit eight of 13 shots from the field and was 5-for-9 from the foul line for her 21-point evening. Six of her rebounds came on the offensive end and she also added one block and one steals in 34 minutes of action.
Delaware Valley never trailed in the contest and took a 34-28 lead into the break. Marywood tied the contest at 34-34 in the opening minutes of the second stanza, but the Aggies responded with 10 straight points, including a pair of treys from freshman Brittany Battinieri, to give them the lead for good. Battinieri finished the night with 16 points, including four 3-pointers.
However, the Pacers did not go away quietly. Down 62-55, they scored six straight points capped by Bryanne Unger's 3-pointer with 31 ticks remaining to make it a one-point ballgame. Battinieri was fouled three seconds later and calmly hit both foul shots to make it 64-61. Marywood turned the ball over on its next possession and the Aggies' Kim Vennera was fouled. She hit a pair of free throws for a six-point lead and later hit two more from the charity stripe for a 68-61 advantage. Unger hit three free throws for Marywood with three seconds left for the 68-64 final.
Amanda Lass (Brackney, PA) led the Pacers with 14 points while Unger (Tower City, PA) and Lizzy Green (Shenandoah, PA) added 13. Stephanie Fusaro (Bala Cynwyd, PA) also reached double figures with 11 points in the loss.
The Pacers will take nearly a month off before returning to the court on January 5, 2008 to host PSU-Scranton at 1:00 pm.
