MADISON, NJ - Susquehanna returned to Landmark Conference action in convincing fashion Wednesday night, traveling to Drew and using swift offense to catapult them to a 75-64 victory.
Kenzie Selvaggi had another big performance to add to her season with 22 points, with
Zoie Maffei and
Carly George joining her in the double-digit scoring category with 18 and 12 points, respectively.
The River Hawks scored at least 20 points in the first, third and fourth quarters, including as high as 22 in the first and third periods. The only concern to their lead was at halftime, when Susquehanna was briefly out of rhythm scoring-wise with 10 points all quarter, while Drew posted 17 to make the score 32-31 at the half. The Rangers added to this scare when Gianna Pica opened the second half with free throws that gave the hosts a 33-32 lead. After an exchange of buckets made the score 35-34, Susquehanna quickly got back in sync as they scored the next seven points before building their lead up to ten when a George layup made the score 54-44. They entered the fourth quarter up 54-46, never allowing Drew to get any closer than six points to their lead and going up by as much as 15 points by game's end.Â
Susquehanna made 50.8 percent of its shots, connecting on 31-of-61, while the Rangers made 39.7 percent at 23-of-58. Selvaggi, Maffei, George and
Lauren Klein all represented the River Hawks' ability to make at least half their shots as Selvaggi connected on 9-of-17, including two 3-pointers, while Maffei made 7-of-11, George 5-of-7 and Klein 4-of-8 with a triple. George and
Julia Pinckert led with eight rebounds as Susquehanna outrebounded the Rangers 43-25. This led to 12 offensive rebounds that the River Hawks cashed in for 17 second-chance points. Klein added seven rebounds and Meehan six boards. In all Susquehanna made 5-of-21 threes and 8-of-14 free throws to Drew's 4-of-17 and 14-of-21.Â
The women even their record to 6-6 overall and back over the .500 mark at 3-2 in Landmark play. They are back home and back to the grind this Saturday when they welcome in nationally-ranked and unbeaten #2/3 Scranton (12-0, 5-0 Landmark) for a 2 p.m. tip off in O.W. Houts Gymnasium. The Royals haveÂ
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