Box Score
IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata women's basketball team hosted Play4Kay and Senior Night on Wednesday at Alumnae Hall as they hosted Rosemont (7-17, 5-10 CSAC) in Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) action, but the Mighty Macs (8-16, 8-7 CSAC) were unable to climb out of a halftime deficit and fell to the Ravens, 65-61. The game was the final one at Alumnae Hall in the careers of
Tamyra Laws,
Theresa Walsh,
Mamako Johnson, and
Tess Kieffer.
Walsh and Laws made their final home game count as they each tallied double-doubles. Laws went for 19 points and 21 rebounds, and Walsh had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Junior
Gina Cocci had eight points, while Johnson and freshman
Annie Kohutka each had six points.
The Mighty Macs were undone by 20 turnovers despite holding a significant 59-43 advantage in rebounding.
The Macs were great out of the gates as they played a strong first quarter. The teams traded buckets early on and it was tied 8-8 midway through the period, but IU closed the period on a 7-1 run to take a six point lead to the second quarter. Laws hit back-to-back buckets, and following a free throw by the Ravens, Cocci buried a three-pointer from the top of the key to give the Macs a 15-9 lead going to the second.
Despite an early three-ball in the quarter by Kohutka that put the Macs back up by five, Rosemont took the lead midway through the quarter at 20-18, and they would not relinquish it the rest of the game. The advantage for the Ravens grew as large as six in the period, but the Macs stayed close and a Walsh layup with 23 seconds to go sent the game to the locker room with IU trailing, 30-27.
The deficit was still three points when Walsh hit a pair of free throws to trim the deficit to one, and it would be one point again after sophomore
Bailey Krewson hit a lay-up to make it 35-34, but the Ravens went on a 10-2 run that put them firmly in control of the contest at 45-36 with four minutes left in the third.
The lead got to 10 for Rosemont before a pair of free throws by Johnson made it 50-42 going to the fourth.
The deficit was at nine at 56-47 with 5:37 to go and IU mounted a charge with a 7-0 run to get within two points. Johnson hit a layup followed by a Cocci three and another baseline runner from Johnson to make it 56-54. The teams then traded free throws to keep it a two point game with two minutes to go, and Laws hit a layup following a Raven basket to keep it a two-point game.
Rosemont then hit another basket to go up 62-58, and following a Laws free throw, Laws hit another layup with 35 seconds to go to trim the deficit to one point. However, Rosemont hit a basket to go up by three, and the Macs turned it over with a chance to tie it and fell 65-61.
IU is locked into the sixth seed and will await their opponent for the CSAC Quarterfinals on Monday. They will wrap up the regular season with a game at Centenary on Saturday at 2 p.m.
