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second half leads to Mustang win
Posted
11/20/07 10:12 AM
Emily Duffy |
CANTON, Mo.
-- Junior
guard Emily Duffy scored all of her game-high 19 points in the
second half to lead Mount Mercy College to a 60-46 victory over
Culver-Stockton College (Mo.) in non-conference women's basketball
on Monday at Charles Field House.
The host Wildcats
(3-2) led by eight points at intermission after the Mustangs (2-3)
shot 22 percent from the floor in the opening period. Mount Mercy,
which connected on 57 percent of its field goal attempts in the
second half, trailed by as many as 11 points with 14:16 to go
in the game before Duffy sparked an 22-2 run that put the Mustangs
in front, 49-40, with 5:13 remaining. Culver-Stockton couldn't
get closer than seven the rest of the way and Mount Mercy snapped
a two-game losing streak.
Duffy finished
with 19 points, six rebounds, four assists, and a pair of steals.
Senior forward Addie McCreedy and junior guard Jessie Dirks also
reached double figures with 10 points each. Junior forward Katie
Manning added nine points and tied Duffy for the team lead with
six boards. Freshman forward Emilie Warren chipped in a career-high
eight points to go along with five rebounds. Dirks and junior
guard Kelli Dabroski each collected three of Mount Mercy's 15
steals.
Breezy Guymon
scored 12 points for the Wildcats. Kristin Allen chipped in 11
points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Libby Cottey tallied
eight points and seven boards, Alysa Strickland six points and
six rebounds.
Up next for
Mount Mercy is a road trip to Allee Gym in Sioux City, Iowa, to
face NAIA Division II eighth-ranked Morningside College on Monday
at 7:00 p.m. After that, the Mustangs make their home debut and
open the Midwest Collegiate Conference schedule against 18th-ranked
Iowa Wesleyan College on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 1:00 p.m. at Hennessey
Recreation Center.
