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PFEIFFER SPORTS INFORMATION
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
RESULTS VS. BELMONT-ABBEY (2008-02-26 17:30:00)

Falcons Lose 66-63
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Misenheimer, NC---The Pfeiffer women’s basketball team lost 66-63 to conference rival Belmont-Abbey Tuesday evening. Ashelle Athill had 22 points and 7 steals for the Falcons but it wasn’t enough as Pfeiffer falls to 10-16 overall and 7-12 in the conference. Belmont-Abbey now stands at 18-9 and 13-7.

The Falcons defense forced several turnovers early on and grabbed a 13-3 lead after five minutes.

The two teams fought back and forth for the next few minutes as the Falcons held on to a 21-13 advantage.

Abbey then went on a 16-0 run to take a 29-21 lead with 5:36 to go.

Octavia Trammell hit a “3” to stop the Crusader run.

Nicole Maready hit a lay-up with eight seconds left to bring the Falcons to within seven at halftime, 37-30.

Pfeiffer used a 10-0 run to get back in the game early in the second half. They trailed by only one, 41-40, aftrr the run.

A 7-0 run later gave the Falcons the lead at 52-46 with 8:47 to go.

Abbey cut it to two but Ashelle Athill hit two free throws to give Pfeiffer a 58-54 advantage with 2:49 left. However, Abbey went on a 10-0 run and held on for a 66-63 win.

Pfeiffer travels to Limestone Friday night for their last game of the regular season. The game will start at 5:30 pm.

Pfeiffer - W vs Belmont Abbey - W DATE: 2/26/2008 TIME: 5:30:00 PM Eastern SITE: Home ATTENDANCE: 450 Pfeiffer - W min fgm-a 3gm-a ftm-a or-t a pf to st pts 22 A Athill 33 7-15 0-1 8-10 2-2 0 3 6 7 22 21 C Booth 13 3-4 0-0 1-1 1-2 0 2 2 0 7 20 D China 17 0-2 1-4 0-0 0-1 3 0 6 1 3 14 D Knight 17 1-5 0-1 0-0 1-3 1 5 4 1 2 25 N Maready 14 1-1 0-0 2-2 2-4 0 1 2 0 4 30 A Purnell 25 3-9 2-3 1-2 2-4 0 4 4 4 13 35 K Rutledge 25 1-4 0-2 2-2 1-4 4 3 1 5 4 32 K Smith 26 0-1 0-2 1-2 0-6 0 3 2 1 1 10 O Trammell 29 0-3 2-3 1-2 2-4 0 3 4 2 7 Team Totals 16-44 5-16 16-21 15-38 8 24 31 21 63 Percentages: FG 35%, 3FG 31.2%, FT 76.2% Blocked shots: 1 (A Purnell) Pts off turnovers: 31 2nd Chance pts: 11 Bench pts: 27 Pts in Paint: 20 Biggest lead: 10 (13-3) Team Off Reb: 4 Team Def Reb: 4 Deadball Reb: 0 Team Turnovers: 31 Belmont Abbey - W min fgm-a 3gm-a ftm-a or-t a pf to st pts 24 E CAMP 19 1-4 0-0 1-3 1-3 1 1 2 2 3 2 K DANIEL 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-4 2 0 3 0 0 30 A HARDAWAY 30 2-8 0-0 7-8 3-9 0 2 4 3 11 12 S JACKSON 22 10-13 0-0 0-0 2-4 0 4 3 3 20 32 M KING 22 3-7 0-1 6-9 1-5 1 3 3 2 12 21 M MARQUEZ 34 2-5 0-0 4-7 0-2 2 2 6 1 8 3 A McDONALD 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 10 C NAQUIN 27 2-3 0-2 1-3 0-6 1 2 5 1 5 5 S REESE 8 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 0 3 22 A STARKMAN 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 0 2 15 B TATE 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Team Totals 22-45 1-6 19-30 12-41 7 18 31 13 66 Percentages: FG 45.1%, 3FG 16.7%, FT 63.3% Blocked shots: 0 () Pts off turnovers: 21 2nd Chance pts: 4 Bench pts: 40 Pts in Paint: 18 Biggest lead: 11 (41-30) Team Off Reb: 2 Team Def Reb: 2 Deadball Reb: 4 Team Turnovers: 31 Score by Periods Per 1 Per 2 Per 3 Per 4 OT Total Pfeiffer - W 30 33 0 0 0 63 Belmont Abbey - W 37 29 0 0 0 66 Number of ties: 5 Number of lead changes: 5