READING, Pa. – Erin Phelan and Devan Rimmer each scored 30 points as the Widener University women's basketball team survived a scare from the Alvernia Golden Wolves, downing AU 90-85 in double overtime in a MAC Commonwealth matchup on Saturday afternoon.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• For Phelan, the 30 points were a career-high and came on 11-of-15 shooting. She also added eight rebounds, a block and a steal.
• Rimmer connected on 6-of-13 three-pointers, her second consecutive game with six treys. She also had six assists and three steals.
• Kyra Schenk led Widener with 12 rebounds. Jordan D'Ambrosio added nine points.
• Madison Ireland flirted with a triple-double, scoring six with eight boards and seven assists.
• Izzy Hamlin chipped in with six points and four rebounds.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Tied 65-65 heading into the first extra frame, the Golden Wolves got off to the hot start, scoring the first six points. Widener rallied, going on an 11-5 run, the last six coming on a pair of triples by Rimmer sending the game into a second overtime. Alvernia scored the first basket, but back-to-back three-pointers from Rimmer and D'Ambrosio gave the Pride a lead it would not relinquish as the advantage was trimmed to one on pair of occasions, but the Blue and Gold held on for the win.
 
WU got off to a hot start, scoring 14 of the first 17 points of the contest, six of them each by Phelan and RImmer, in the first five minutes of the contest as Widener shot 6-for-9 from the field. Maintaining the lead, the Blue and Gold led 21-11 following the first period. After the Pride scored the first points of the second quarter on a jumper by Phelan, the Golden Wolves battled back, netting eight in a row, pulling to 23-19 three minutes into the stanza. An even rest of the frame saw Widener take a 35-31 lead into halftime.
 
The tide turned early in the third quarter as Alvernia scored 16 of the first 21 points in the third quarter, taking a 47-40 lead. The Pride rallied to pull to 50-47 at the end of the frame and opened the fourth strong, going back up 60-56 on an old fashioned three-point play by Phelan at the 4:46 mark. A quick six-point spurt from the Golden Wolves pushed the home team on top 62-60. Pehlan responded, scoring five in a row, giving the Blue and Gold a lead before an Alvernia trey knotted the score at 65-65. Widener had a three to win at the buzzer, but the shot came off, forcing the extra period.
 
UP NEXT
Widener wraps the 2019 portion of its home schedule on Saturday, December 14 when it hosts Lycoming in MAC Commonwealth action. Tipoff from the Schwartz Center is slated for 1:00 p.m.