Magical Playoff Run Ends with 67-52 Championship Loss to Beaver

Penn State Greater Allegheny

Penn State Beaver

Final

Penn State Greater Allegheny

Penn State Beaver

Magical Playoff Run Ends with 67-52 Championship Loss to Beaver

Game Leaders

Penn State Greater Allegheny

Pts: 2 Players (#13, #23) - 13

Reb: Christina Floyd - 10

Ast: Taylor Fulton - 10

Penn State Beaver

Pts: Hayden Kimbrough - 20

Reb: Hayden Kimbrough - 13

Ast: Bittany Tomaselli - 4

Team Stats

Penn State Greater Allegheny

Penn State Beaver

Field Goals

(20-71)

(20-57)

Field Goal %

28.2%

35.1%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

February 17, 2013

Media, Pa- After knocking off two teams that had previously bested them earlier in the season, the Greater Allegheny women's basketball team could not complete the trifecta, as they fell 67-52 to Penn State Beaver, in their first-ever PSUAC Championship game.

Beaver led from wire-to-wire, while GA could not fight closer than nine points in the second half. Both teams made just 20 shots from the field- including two threes each- but Beaver benefited from a major discrepancy in foul shots, knocking down 25, as opposed to Greater Allegheny's lowly 10. Beaver also earned a decisive advantage on the glass, outrebounding GA, 56-27.

Sophomore guards Ciera Hussey (Philadelphia, PA/Overbrook) and Nakayla Layne (Pittsburgh, PA/Allderdice) led Greater Allegheny with 13 points, while sophomore guard Taylor Fulton (West Mifflin, PA/West Mifflin) netted 12 and had 10 assists.

The difficult loss ends Greater Allegheny's season with an overall record of 15-13. Despite the final chapter, reaching the PSUAC Championship for the first time in program history is an achievement that should not be overlooked.