The Comeback Kids

Lady Lions trail late in second half before coming back to win first home game of season

The Comeback Kids
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November 22, 2011

By: Alexis Shelton

Monaca, PA- The Lady Lions of Penn State Beaver (2-1, 0-0 PSUAC) played their first home game of the season against Geneva College (Beaver Falls, PA).

Beaver started out the game on a 12-0 run before Geneva finally made a layup five minutes in. The Golden Tornadoes went on a 9-0 run of their own before Junior Brittany Tomaselli (East Liverpool/East Liverpool, OH) hit a jumphot ending the run. Geneva brought the game within three multiple times but everytime they got close, Brooke Mulneix (Riverside/Beaver Falls, PA), Tomaselli, and Coleen Mead (Newport Harbor/Costa Mesa, CA) hit three point shots back to back. Beaver had a seven point lead with five minutes left in the half. However, the game was tied at 25 with 4:03 left. Geneva took the lead at 2:33 but Mead had a key three point shot giving the Lady Lions the lead back at 28-27. A foul on Beaver unfortunately gave Geneva the 29-28 lead at the half. 

To start the second half out, Geneva went on a 5-0 run before Beaver answered with foul shots. The Golden Tornadoes pretty much dominated the second half keeping their lead to at least three before their 49-39 lead with 7:30 left in the game. Their biggest lead of the game. Beaver ended this run storming back with fastbreak points from Tomaselli and Hali DeSarro (East Liverpool/East Liverpool, OH) consecutively. Amanda Temple (Avella/Avella, PA) pretty much took over the game for about two minutes, scoring nine points within that time span. Those nine points gave Beaver their first lead of the second half 53-51 with 2:51 left in the game. The game was tied at 53 and 54 before Geneva sent Mulneix, Tomaselli, and Temple to the free throw line, giving Beaver the win 57-54. 

Beaver shot 30.4% from the field for the game while Geneva shot 35.4%. Temple led the team for the evening with 17 points and 8 rebounds, followed by Mulneix with 16 points and 4 rebounds, and Tomaselli with 10 points of her own. 

The Lady Lions will play their first PSUAC game at home on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 against Penn State Dubois (DuBois, PA) at 6pm.