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Widener Wide 13-3,3-2 MAC Commonwealth

Messiah Mess 13-3,5-0 MAC Commonwealth

Widener Wide

13-3,3-2 MAC Commonwealth

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Jan. 17, 2024

Messiah Mess

13-3,5-0 MAC Commonwealth

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Widener Wide	9	13	17	25	64
Messiah Mess	24	20	15	16	75

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/17/2024 9:13:00 PM

Women’s Basketball Falls to Messiah in Hard-Fought Battle

The Pride's 25 Fourth Quarter Points was the Most by Either Team in a Quarter

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MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – Widener women's basketball took a tough loss against the Messiah University Falcons on Wednesday, falling 75-64.

The Pride are 13-3 in the regular season. They are 3-2 in MAC play.

BY THE NUMBERS

Mia Robbins led the way with 20 points and nine rebounds.
The Pride had 12 steals compared to the Falcons' 10.
Out of 35 Widener rebounds, 15 were on the offensive side.

HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST MESSIAH

Messiah scored nine straight points to open the game before Robbins connected on a jumper. The Falcons continued to build their lead via triples, making the Pride deficit 10 at 4:42. Despite two more Widener buckets, one each from Jordan D'Ambrosio and Robbins, Messiah did not let up. After one quarter, the Falcons led 24-9.
D'Ambrosio made a jumper as the second quarter began. With back-to-back shots from Widener, the Pride trimmed the Messiah lead to 11 before the latter hit a triple. Later in the quarter, Gianna Samuels would convert the Pride's lone three-pointer to make the score 35-20. The home team ended the half on a 9-2 run. The score was 44-22 Messiah at halftime.
Widener started the second half with a 4-0 push. Lindsay Kutz hit two free throws before D'Ambrosio hit a jumper. Despite the two teams trading buckets, the Falcons kept their lead to over 20 points. With under four minutes in the quarter, Avalynn Baer went on a 7-0 run by herself. Five of those points came on foul shots. A D'Ambrosio layup was the final shot of the quarter. Through three, the Falcons were up 59-39.
A 4-0 run by Messiah was interrupted by a Robbins' layup. The Pride had the most success in the fourth quarter, scoring 25 points. With seven-and-a-half minutes left in the game, the Pride made one last attempt at a comeback. They went on a 12-2 run, which was capped off with another Robbins' layup. Even with this, however, the Falcons kept making shots, and the lead stayed in double digits. D'Ambrosio ended the game with a final jumper, but the Falcons won 75-64.