PITTSBURGH, PA (December 8, 2010) . . . The Chatham University women's basketball team came into tonight's Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) match-up against visiting Westminster College (PA) with a record of 0-8 against the Titans but earned their first victory tonight over their opponent in school history by a score of 60-50.
The game was close down the stretch with the score knotted at 48 points apiece with 3:34 left to play in regulation. Chatham would go on a 12-2 run, however, and secure their victory. Nine out of 10 of these 12 final points were from behind the charity stripe.
Senior Kayla Hilko (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) scored a season-high 22 points for the Cougars; 19 of her 22 points were scored in the second half, including nine in the final 3:34 of the game.
Senior Brittany Brown (Bellefontaine, OH/Bellefontaine) also finished in double figures for Chatham tonight. Brown scored 14 points and also grabbed a game-high seven rebounds. Hilko also finished with seven rebounds herself tonight in the win.
Chatham (4-5, 1-2) returns to action on Saturday, December 11th as they travel to Latrobe, PA to take on the Bearcats of St. Vincent College in a 6 pm PAC match-up.
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.