PITTSBURGH, PA (November 23, 2010) . . . The Chatham University women's basketball team hosted University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg tonight in non-conference match-up and defeated their opponent by a final score of 70-59.
Four players finished in double figures for Chatham, including Brittany Brown (Bellefontaine, OH/Bellefontaine) with 16 points, Kayla Hilko (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) with 14 points, Barb Petty (Amelia, OH/Glen Este) with 13 points, and Felicia Brown (Temple Hills, MD/Friendly) with a career-high 11 points.
Along with her 16 points, Brown also tallied 10 rebounds and registered her second career double-double performance of this season and the eighth of her career. Hilko's 14 points also put her over 900 points for her career (901) and she became the second player ever in the history of the program to surpass 900 career points.
Tonight's victory over Pitt-Greensburg marked Chatham's first ever victory over their opponent in 12 past meetings.
Chatham (3-1, 0-0) returns to action this Saturday and Sunday, November 27th and 28th as they host Kenyon College and Denison College. Both are non-conference contests and are scheduled to begin at 2 pm on their respective days.
Chatham University prepares students from around the world to help develop solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges. Every Chatham student – women in Chatham's historic women's residential college, and men and women in Chatham's graduate programs – receives a highly individualized, experiential educational experience that is informed by Chatham's strong institutional commitment to globalism, the environment and citizen leadership. Founded in 1869, Chatham University includes the Shadyside Campus, with Chatham Eastside and the historic 39-acre Woodland Road arboretum, and the 388-acre Eden Hall Farm Campus north of Pittsburgh. For more information call 800-837-1290 or visit www.chatham.edu.