Courtesy: Jennifer Werner, Associate Director of Athletic Communications
Release: 12/10/2006
PHILADELPHIA--Penn led at the half but fell victim to American's
aggressive play
Sunday at The Palestra. Seniors Monica Naltner and Joey Rhoads led the
Quakers once
again with 16 and 13 points, respectively. Penn fell to 3-4 on the season
while
American improved to 4-7.
American scored seven points while the Quakers' cold shooting (0-for-7)
put Penn in
a hole early. Kelly Scott's three-pointer at 14:58 started things for the
Red and
Blue and though tying the game twice, the home team did not take the lead
until the
final three minutes of the half. Newcomer Caitlin Slover and Rhoads drove
in for
three layups and gave the Quakers a 26-23 lead when the buzzer sounded.
Naltner, who had played sat for a large part of the first half after being
saddled
with two fouls, came back in the game scoring a jumper at 18:10 to give
Penn a
seven-point lead, its largest of the day.
American battled back with points from Maggie Smith-Davidson had 11 in the
game and
just missed a double-double with nine boards. AU's Liz Hayes led all
scorers with
19 points.
For Penn, sophomore Maggie Burgess was strong inside with seven boards and
two
blocks (tying her career high).
The clock continued to tick as the teams traded baskets. The Eagles
started to inch
away with 6:31 remaining and slicing their deficit to just two with 1:49
to go, the
Quakers were unable to get enough shots to seal a win.
Penn is back in action at The Palestra, Dec. 21 to take on neighbor Drexel
at 1 p.m.
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