PITTSBURGH, PA (January 8, 2011) . . . The Chatham University women's basketball team returned to Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action today with a home match-up against Geneva College. The Cougars allowed 71 points from their opponent and fell by a score of 71-70 today. Due to Geneva's NCAA Division III provisional status, the results do not count towards overall PAC action.
Geneva held the lead by two at halftime and had the lead 60-44 with 12:12 remaining in the game before Chatham out-scored the Golden Tornadoes 13-1 over the next three minutes to cut the lead to four points. Geneva pushed the lead back to 10 points with just under six minutes remaining, but Chatham again cut the lead to one, scoring the next 11 of 12 points. Sonjia Hoston (Homestead, PA/Wilkinsburg) led the Cougars today with a season-high 16 points and tying a season high in rebounds with nine.
Other Cougars in double figures today included Kayla Hilko (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) with 15, Colleen Kiss (McKeesport, PA/Oakland Catholic) with 12, and Lizz King (Cabot, PA/Knoch) with 11.
The Cougars fell to their opponent by a final score of 71-70; this is the first game of the season that Chatham has allowed a team to score more than 70 points. This is also the sixth straight time the visiting team has won in a series as well as the sixth consecutive time the final score has been decided by single digit points.
Chatham (5-7, 1-3) returns to action on Monday, January 10th with a PAC match-up on the road against Grove City College at 7 pm.
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.