KEUKA PARK, N.Y. — The Keuka College Women's Basketball team lost on Saturday afternoon at the JMW Recreation and Athletics Center to Penn St.-Berks 72-53 in a North Eastern Athletic Conference game.
Keuka College's (10-13, 6-10 NEAC) loss combined with a win by SUNY Cobleskill eliminated the Wolves from postseason contention, ending their season.
Sam Laranjo (Averill Park, N.Y. / Averill Park) finished with 12 points. Riley Record (Palmyra, N.Y. / Palmyra-Macedon) added 10 points and freshman Meaghan McGwin (Rochester, N.Y. / Hilton) finished with nine points and seven rebounds.
Penn St.-Berks 72 at Keuka College 53
The Nittany Lions came out fast against the Wolves. A jumper by Meaghan McGwin cut the Nittany Lion lead to two, 12-10, but Berks would extend their lead. Keuka made four threes in the first quarter, but the Nittany Lions shot 54.4% from the floor and led 24-16 after one.
Penn St.-Berks would continue to force Keuka errors. In the first half, the Wolves had 14 turnovers that led to 17 Nittany Lion points. Berks outscored Keuka 32-8 in the paint in the first half and led 43-25 at the break.
Keuka College attempted to cut into the lead in the third quarter, but the Wolves could not get their shot to fall. Keuka shot 3-17 from the floor including 1-8 from three in the third and trailed 57-35 going to the fourth quarter.
The Nittany Lions saw the game out. Despite Keuka outscoring Berks 18-15 in the quarter, the Nittany Lions defeated Keuka College 72-53.
KC Notes:
- The Wolves had their four-game winning streak against Penn St.-Berks snapped. Keuka College is now 17-4 all-time against the Nittany Lions
- The Wolves hit eight threes in the game, ending the season with 139, eighth best in program history
- The guard combo of Sam Laranjo and Arianna DeNault (Latham, N.Y. / Shaker) will graduate from Keuka with 690 combined assists. Laranjo ranks third on the career list with 437 while DeNault finishes in eighth with 253
- Riley Record led the Wolves in scoring this season, finished with 260 points. Over half of that came from beyond the three-point line. Record hit 46 threes this season, tying for seventh-best in program history