Box Score

IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata women's basketball team opened Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) play on Saturday afternoon at Alumnae Hall as they welcomed the Centenary University Cyclones (5-1, 2-0 CSAC), but the Mighty Macs (0-6, 0-1 CSAC)  struggled early on and were unable to recover in a 70-49 defeat.  Senior Tamyra Laws led the way for IU with 10 points while adding seven boards, and senior Theresa Walsh had eight points and a team-best nine rebounds.
 
Sophomore Amber Ballinger contributed eight points off the bench and freshman Annie Kohutka scored nine points, all in the first half.
 
As a team, the Mighty Macs shot 16-for-59 (27.1%) from the floor.
 
The Macs were slow to get going as they fell behind 8-2 a few minutes into the game with the only basket coming from a Walsh jumper.  The Macs would cut it two three on two occasions, both on baskets by Kohutka, but the Cyclones went on a 12-3 run to open up a 12-point lead at 22-10 with 1:43 to go before the end of the first quarter.
 
Laws scored five straight points for IU, but Centenary took an 11-point lead to the second quarter at 26-15.
 
The Macs stayed in the game with a three-pointer from senior Gina Cocci (four assists) and later a free throw by Walsh to make it 35-24, but a low-scoring quarter sent the game to the locker room at 35-24.
 
The Cyclones put the game away in the third quarter as they outscored IU 16-6 over the 10-minute stretch to build a 21-point advantage.
 
Centenary started the fourth quarter by building up a 29-point advantage, but the Macs fought back behind eight fourth quarter points from Ballinger, but were unable to get any closer in a 70-49 defeat.
 
The Macs will shift back to non-conference play for three more games, starting with Moravian on Wednesday, December 7^th at 6 p.m. at Alumnae Hall.