Women's Basketball Falls to La Roche in AMCC Contest

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team fell to La Roche on Saturday in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference matchup on, 78-69.

Final Score: La Roche 78, Behrend 69
Records: La Roche (8-4, 8-0 AMCC), Behrend (9-4, 6-2 AMCC)

Key Moments
* The Lions were down the entirety of the game but outscored the Redhawks in the third quarter to cut the lead
* Behrend was trailing 43-28 at halftime then scored 24 to La Roche's 16 in the third to cut the deficit to just seven
* The Redhawks held the Lions to just two points for the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, outscoring them 12-2, a run Behrend was unable to recover from
* Caitlin Carnuche (New Castle, PA/Mohawk) scored a team-high seven points in the fourth period
* All of  La Roche's points were scored by the five starters with each player scoring in double digits
* Carnuche led the team with 19 points while Alanna Dibble (Lakewood, NY/Southwestern) and Ashley Seamon (West Allegheny, PA/West Allegheny) chipped in 13 and 14, respectively
* Jenna Cole and Shaundrea Butler paced the Redhawks with 18 points a piece

Up Next
* Behrend will travel to Hilbert on Wednesday for an AMCC matchup beginning at 8 p.m.