Senior forward Amy Heffner scored a game high 22 points to lead the Moravian College women's basketball team to a 72-54 non-conference win at Albright College Saturday afternoon in the Greyhounds' final game of the first semester.
Moravian, which now has 22 days off, took a 2-0 lead on a jumper from junior forward Alexandra Blair 12 seconds into the game, and never looked back. Freshman guard Katie O'Rourke made the Greyhounds' lead 6-0 with a free throw at 17:40 before MariLynn McMonagle got the Lions on the board with a jumper. Moravian's lead would hit double digits, 16-6, on a jumper from Blair at the 11:43 mark, and the lead stayed above ten points the rest of the game.
Senior center Amie Ballo gave Moravian its largest lead of the first half, 23 points, 35-12, with 1:44 before the intermission, and the Greyhounds headed to the locker room with a 35-15 lead. Moravian was 15-for-34 from the floor (44.1 percent), two-for-seven on three-pointers and three-for-four at the foul line in the opening 20 minutes, and the Greyhounds had a 27-24 edge in rebounds. Albright connected on just five-of-36 field goal attempts (13.9 percent), one-of-six three-pointers and four-of-seven free throws in the first half as both teams committed seven turnovers.
The Greyhounds took their largest lead of the contest, 25 points, 44-19, on a jumper from Blair at 17:43 in the second half. The Lions would close within 14 points twice, the second time at 63-49, on a jumper from Jessica McGinness with 4:43 remaining.
Moravian was ten-for-29 from the field (34.5 percent), two-for-six on three-pointers and 15-for-18 at the foul line in the second half as all 17 Greyhound players in uniform saw action in the game. Moravian had a 50-47 advantage in rebounds for the game but committed 19 turnovers while Albright had 14 turnovers. The Lions shot the ball better in the second half, making 16-of-40 field goal attempts (40 percent), two-of-seven three-pointers and five-of-ten free throws.
Heffner had four rebounds to go with her game high 22 points for Moravian while Blair finished with 14 points, nine rebounds, two assists and a pair of blocked shots. O'Rourke grabbed a team high ten rebounds for the Greyhounds with eight points and two assists while senior guard Emily Smith had nine points and five rebounds. Freshman center Laura Jordan had seven points, four rebounds and a pair of steals off of the Moravian bench while Ballo finished with five points. Junior guard Hilary Murray added four points, three assists and two boards while sophomore guard Amanda Kreuder had four rebounds and a pair of blocked shots for the Greyhounds.
McGinness and McMonagle each had 11 points to lead the Lions with McGinness adding eight rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals and McMonagle contributing four boards. Meghan Boyle had a double-double for Albright with a game high 12 rebounds to go with ten points while Jenny Knoebel had five points. Rose Williamson and Shawn Barczynski each had five rebounds and four points for the Lions with Williamson blocking a pair of shots.