No. 3 Amherst Downs Marywood in Las Vegas
Maddie Lavery provided eight points for the Pacers on 4-of-8 shooting

No. 3 Amherst Downs Marywood in Las Vegas

Women's Basketball - 12/29/2013 8:46:00 PM

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Las Vegas, NV - Maddie Lavery scored eight points as Marywood University women's basketball fell to reigning national champion Amherst College 73-49 Sunday at the Las Vegas Hoopla. Lavery went 4-of-8 from the field and garnered six rebounds.

Lavery was joined by Danielle Terranella with eight points. Brittany Mang tied Amherst's Marley Giddins for a game-high nine rebounds. Seven of Mang's boards came off the offensive glass. Alexa Gerchman came off the bench to score seven.

The third-ranked Lord Jeffs remained unbeaten through 10 games on the season. Marywood dropped its second straight game to fall to 7-2 on the season.

Held to just 26.8 percent (15-of-56) shooting, including a 14.3 percent (3-of-21) clip in the first half, Marywood managed just 15 points over the first 20 minutes.

Amherst's Ali Doswell posted career-highs in points, rebounds and steals, with 16, eight and three, respectively, while Giddins added 11 points. Cheyenne Pritchard and Savannah Holness each had 10 points, with the duo also combining for 11 rebounds.

Jumping out to an early lead, Amherst netted 11 of the game's first 13 points, going up nine on a Hannah Peterson triple at 16:49. Settling in, the Pacers battled back and pulled within seven on a Terranella layup inside of the 10-minute mark.

Amherst responded with a 12-2 run over the next 3:48. Giddins got things started with a layup before a Doswell three-pointer stretched the margin to 22-10. Giddins then drove into the lane for two more before a pair of Terranella free throws momentarily stemmed the tide. Doswell connected down low on the Jeffs' next possession before draining a trey at 5:27 that made it 29-12.

With Amherst's Megan Robertson closing out the first period with four-straight points, Doswell opened the second half scoring with a jumper at 17:44. A couple of Mang free throws coupled with a Lavery bucket trimmed the Marywood deficit to 38-19, but Doswell came right back down and hit another from long distance to push the lead back up to 22.

Dominating down low, Amherst finished with a 54-43 rebounding advantage, while outscoring Marywood 28-16 in points in the paint and 14-0 in second chance points. Making good on 26 Pacer miscues, the Jeffs also held the upper hand in points off turnovers, 24-13.

Marywood continues its Las Vegas tour with a matchup against Eastern Connecticut State Monday at 7 p.m. ET. Eastern Connecticut took down fellow Colonial States Athletic Conference foe Gwynedd Mercy 67-60 in its first day at the Hoopla.
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