First Round (at Baltimore): #5 Dickinson d. #4 Johns Hopkins,
64-44.
Semifinal (at Allentown): #1 Muhlenberg d. #5 Dickinson, 62-50.
Semifinals (at Allentown): #3 McDaniel d. #2 Gettysburg, 72-67
Final (at Allentown): #3 McDaniel d. #1 Muhlenberg, 72-56.
Ashley Lyles (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) led four
McDaniel players in double figures with 15 to lead McDaniel to a
72-56 victory over No. 22 Muhlenberg in the 2010 Centennial
Conference (CC) women's basketball championship game on Sunday.
Ali Moreland (Davidsonville, Md./South River) added 13 points while
Sally Grace (Catonsville, Md./Mount de Sales) chipped in 12 points
for the Green Terror (20-6), who won 20 games for sixth time and
first since 2006-07.
Whitney Snoops (Millersville, Md./Archbishop Spauding) added a
double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
With its fourth conference title - and first since 2005 - McDaniel
earns the CC's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, which begins
on Friday. The Green Terror will learn its opponent on Monday.
Kelly McKeon led the Mules (21-5) with 14 points. Alexandra Berlin
added 12 points while Alexandra Chili chipped in 11.
Trailing by 12 early in the second half, Muhlenberg pulled even at
48-all with 8:54 to play.
However, a Katelyn Fischer (Reisterstown, Md./Seton Keough) layup
re-established the lead for McDaniel and the team stayed in front
the rest of the way.
A Chili layup made it a 56-54 game with 5:11 to play but Grace
responded with her fourth 3-pointer, sparking a 16-0 run that gave
the Green Terror a 72-54 lead.
McDaniel converted 11 of its 12 free-throw attempts during the
span, finishing the game 19-for-23 from the charity stripe.
Muhlenberg built a 6-2 lead before six straight Green Terror points
gave the team its first lead.
Katelyn O'Malley countered to even the game at 8-all with 11:03 to
play in the first half but 22-10 stretch gave McDaniel a 30-18 lead
late in the period en route to a 32-20 halftime advantage.
McDaniel finished with a 50-32 advantage on the glass and held
Muhlenberg to just one made 3-pointer in 24 attempts. The Mules
entered the weekend with 138 made triples.