La Roche Edges Behrend Women's Basketball

ERIE, Pa. – The La Roche women's basketball team edged Penn State Behrend 82-72 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week on Saturday afternoon.

Final Score: La Roche 82, Penn State Behrend 72
Records: Penn State Behrend (16-5, 8-2 AMCC), La Roche (14-7, 10-0 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* La Roche improves its win streak to 10 straight games and is in the drivers seat for the upcoming  AMCC playoffs
* The Redhawks are the only team to hand Behrend a loss in the New Year
* La Roche broke open a one-point lead at halftime with a 6-0 run to start the third quarter
* The Redhawks held the Lions scoreless for the first three minutes of the third quarter to take a 41-34 lead
* Behrend got within a field goal at 48-46 with three minutes left in the third
* Over the next three minutes, La Roche outscored the Lions 15-7 for a 10-point lead heading into the final 10 minutes of action
* Danajah Sanders and Machia Hairston combined for 49 points
* Sanders led all scorers with 26 points and add five steals
*  Madilyn Boyer (Saxonburg, PA/Knoch) paced Behrend with 20 points and Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) tallied 19 points
* Brianna Dean (New Castle, PA/Neshannock) had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds
* La Roche held the advantage in field-goal percentage shooting 47.4 percent and Behrend shooting 37.8 percent

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action on Wednesday at Pitt-Bradford. Game time is 7 p.m.