GLENSIDE, Pa.- Immaculata women's basketball team fell to Arcadia 63-60 on the road on Saturday afternoon.
Reese Mullins scored 16 points, with 12 rebounds to lead a trio of Mighty Macs who scored double figures.
With the loss, Immaculata falls to 7-3 in the season. With the win Arcadia improves to 6-3 this season.
How it Happened:
- After Arcadia opened an early 4-0 lead, Olivia Ettorre got Immaculata on the board on a layup with 8:43 remaining in the half.
- Trailing 8-7 with 5:26 remaining in the quarter, Immaculata used an 8-2 run to take a 15-10 lead with baskets from Tessa Liberatoscioli, Reese Mullins, Carly Coleman, and Meg Robbins. Immaculata led 15-13 after the first quarter.
- With Arcadia leading 26-20 with 4:25 remaining in the second quarter, Carly Coleman scored on a pair of layups, sandwiched around a jumper from Olivia Ettorre to tie the score at 26-26 with 1:23 remaining.
- Arcadia would take a 32-26 lead into the halftime break.
- With Immaculata trailing 39-36 with 3:50 remaining, Immaculata got a steal and a driving layup from Emma Wagner to cut the lead to 39-38. Wagner would later get an assist on a basket by Abigail Boyer and hit a jumper with 0:32 remaining in the quarter to tie the score and send the game to the fourth quarter tied at 44-44.
- In the fourth quarter, Emma Wagner got another steal and fast break layup to pull Immaculata with in one point with 7:09 remaining.
- Olivia Ettorre hit a three-pointer with 1:20 remaining, and Tessa Liberatoscioli scored on a layup with 0:38 remaining to put Immaculata ahead 60-59. Arcadia scored on a layup with 0:31 seconds remaining to retake the lead for good at 61-60.
- Reese Mullins shot with 0:05 seconds remaining was no good. Arcadia would add a pair of free throws and go on to close out the win 63-60.
Top Performers:
- Reese Mullins had her third double-double of the season with 16 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, one blocked shot, and three steals.
- Carly Coleman scored 10 points, with seven rebounds, two assists, and two blocked shots.
- Tessa Liberatoscioli scored 10 points, with one rebound, two assists, two blocked shots, and one steal.
- Olivia Ettorre scored nine points, with four rebounds, and one blocked shot.
- Abigail Boyer scored seven points, with six rebounds, one assist, and one steal.
- Emma Wagner scored six points, with one assist, one blocked shot, and two steals.
Team Stats:
- Immaculata shot 39.7% (27-68) from the field, 4.8% (1-21) from behind the arc, and 50% (5-10) from the stripe. They scored nine second chance points, 46 points in the paint, and scored 20 points off turnovers.
- Arcadia shot 42.9% (24-56) from the field, 37.5% (9-24) from behind the arc, and 66.7% (6-9) from the stripe. They scored 10 second chance points, 22 points in the paint, and three points off turnovers.
- The score was tied eight times, and there were eight lead changes.
Up Next:
- The Immaculata women's basketball team will return home on Tuesday, December 17th when they host St. Mary's College of Maryland at Alumnae Hall at 3 p.m.