GLENSIDE, Pa. (Feb. 14, 2017) – Freshman Devan Rimmer (Perkasie, Pa.) poured in a career-high 37 points as the Widener University women's basketball team rallied to win a Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth road contest over Arcadia by an 83-73 decision on Tuesday evening at Alumni Gymnasium.
 
After Maureen Fiocca closed out the third quarter by sinking a pair of free throws to put the Knights ahead by two, the teams would battle back-and-forth throughout the fourth frame and exchange the lead four times before it was all over. Junior Allison Gallagher (Souderton, Pa.), however, caught fire by netting nine points in the final 10 minutes, which included canning a trifecta to put her team ahead by a 65-63 score with 5:39 left, and freshman Madison Ireland (Garnet Valley, Pa.) added insurance baskets to allow the Pride to leave the gym with their second straight win.
 
Arcadia (7-17, MAC Commonwealth 3-12) jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never trailed in the opening half. Widener tied the game up at 5-all when Rimmer drilled a 3-pointer and tried to keep it close, but the Knights had an answer on the other end when they needed it to stay ahead. Fiocca made a layup to extend the lead to 20-11 with 2:09 remaining in the opening quarter, and the hosts got a buzzer-beating layup from Susan Bossler to build up a 35-25 advantage by halftime.
 
The Pride sliced the deficit in half to begin the third quarter with Rimmer leading the charge. Arcadia, however, once again was able to respond on the other end by getting a layup and a 3-pointer from Fiocca to keep the visitors at bay.
 
Widener continued to chip away at the deficit and was able to knot the score three times at 45s, 48s and then 50s before the end of the frame. Rimmer and Gallagher drained back-to-back 3-pointers, and Rimmer added a layup to keep the visitors in the game. Sophomore Emily Hardy (Lewisberry, Pa.) then converted two free throws to give the Pride their first lead at 52-50, setting up the scene of a game that would eventually be decided in its final minutes.
 
Rimmer scored a career-high 37 points by shooting a blistering 75 percent (12-of16) from the floor, including 77.8 percent (7-of-9) from long range, and a perfect 6-of-6 at the line to lead the way for Widener. It was also the highest single-game point total since Jen Egee netted 36 on Jan. 25, 2014 and fell just shy of the school record of 39 set by Chelsea Luhta against Moravian on Jan. 18, 2006. Gallagher scored 18 points, which all came in the second half, and Ireland finished with nine points to go along with four steals.
 
Fiocca paced Arcadia in the setback by lighting up for 34 points and also tallying eight rebounds. Bossler chipped in 15 points and five boards, while Olivia Roseman concluded the evening with four of the team's eight assists.
 
Widener (8-16, MAC Commonwealth 5-10) will conclude its 2016-17 campaign when it visits Alvernia on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m.