Late Rally Not Enough; Women's Basketball Falls to La Roche

ERIE, Pa. – The La Roche women's basketball got 19 points from the free-throw line and only trailed for less than four minutes, defeating Penn State Behrend 68-64 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Wednesday night.

Score: La Roche 68, Penn State Behrend 64
Records: Penn State Behrend (3-4, 0-1 AMCC), La Roche (1-5, 1-0 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* La Roche got its first win of the season thanks to four players with double-digit points
* The Redhawks had a 16-point lead late in the third quarter at 44-28
* Dunn hit a jumper at the 4:18 mark for La Roche's largest lead
* In the fourth, Behrend scored eight points in the final 37 seconds to make it a two-point game
* The Redhawks made a few free throws down the stretch to hold off the Lions in the first conference game of the season  
* Alaina Fabin posted a career-high 23 points and added 12 rebounds for her second  double-double this season
* Morgan Altavilla added 21 points, four assists, four rebounds, and two steals
* Lilly Palladino added nine points and eight rebounds

Up Next:

* The Lions are back in action Saturday at Carlow. Game time is 6 p.m.