MADISON, NJ - Susquehanna women's basketball jumped back into the win column Saturday with a satisfying 63-44 win over Drew. The victory offered the River Hawks a spark following consecutive defeats to Landmark powers Scranton and Catholic, improving to 12-3 overall and 5-3 in the conference, standing in sole possession of fourth place in the league standings.
How it Happened:
- Julia Pinckert started the scoring for the River Hawks, netting a triple for the visiting team.
- The River Hawks and the Rangers continued to trade baskets back and forth, with neither team being able to pull away early in the game.
- SU went on a 7-0 run late in the first quarter, being the first team to pull away in the contest.
- Susquehanna held a slight lead heading into the second quarter of play, 15-12.
- Julia Roth started the scoring in the second frame of play, laying in a ball off a perfect pass from Carly George.
- Susquehanna kept their foot on the gas, refusing to relinquish the lead throughout the entirety of the quarter.
- Late in the second quarter of play, Zoie Maffei netted the final bucket of the half, pushing the SU lead to 12 points. The River Hawks led 33-21 at the break.
- Sydney Weyant started the scoring in the third quarter of play, receiving a pass from Julia Pinckert, netting the ball for two points.
- After a low-scoring third quarter where both teams combined for 15 points, led by the Rangers' nine, the River Hawks left no room for doubt going into the final quarter. Ahead 39-30 after three, Susquehanna poured it on with 24 fourth-quarter points to cruise past the Rangers.
- Sydney Weyant continued to dominate the Rangers, as Weyant once more started the scoring for the River Hawks in the fourth quarter of play.
- Carly George's 14th and 15th point pushed the SU lead to 12 points once more, as the River Hawks continued to hold a double digit lead.
- The River Hawks continued to erupt on the offensive side of the ball, finishing the game with a 63-44 win.
Inside the Box Score:
- Julia Pinckert snatched a double-double with 11 points to match 11 rebounds, surpassing the 500 career rebounding mark after needing seven boards entering Saturday.
- Carly George and Julia Roth both led the River Hawks in points, with both players earning 16 points. George pulled down 11 rebounds, while Roth pulled down 12 rebounds, resulting in both adding a double-double to their season resume.
- George, Roth and Pinckert combined for 34 of the team's 53 rebounds Saturday, controlling the game in the paint against Drew's 35, including a whopping 39-23 SU lead in defensive rebounds.
- Susquehanna shot 40.3% from the field at 25-of-62, while Drew suffered through a 22.6 shooting display all afternoon at 14-of-62. The Rangers did make four threes to the River Hawks' three triples. Pinckert, Annie Greek, and Avery Nelson each dropped one in from behind the arc.
Up Next for the River Hawks:
- Susquehanna heads out to Baltimore, Maryland to take on the Gophers of Goucher College on Wednesday, Jan. 21 to round out their opening stretch of Landmark games.
- The River Hawks return home to take on Elizabethtown College on Saturday, Jan. 24, looking to even the season series against the Blue Jays on their home court.
