GRANTHAM, Pa. - The Dickinson women's basketball team attempted to head into the Thanksgiving break on a two-game winning streak Tuesday night when they visited local rival and 25th-ranked Messiah University at Hitchcock Arena. Unfortunately, for the Red and White they would struggle shooting the ball all evening as they went 14-of-51 (27.5%) from the floor, 1-16 outside the arc and 7-15 on the foul line en route to a 52-36 non-conference setback to the Falcons.
- A jumper for Clair Marion was the only DC bucket over the first five minutes as the home side led 8-2.
- Marion would then knock down two at the charity line to make it 8-4, before Reese Harden stuck a jumper to lead 10-4 with 5:34 gone.
- That was all the scoring for the period as the teams combined for seven turnovers and ten missed shots to wrap things up.
- Lizzie McGrath buried the Devils lone triple 1:33 into the quarter and Clare Cronley finished off at the rim following a nice dish from Abby John to leave the guests behind 17-9.
- Ainsley Bell, Hope Cook, Charlotte Milanesi and Harden then amassed a 13-0 charge over the final six minutes to take a commanding 30-9 advantage back into the locker room.
- The first two plus minutes would tick away with no scoring until Cronley split two on the line and Victoria Zerbe hit a paint jumper to trim one off the deficit to 32-12.
- Cook answered with a free throw of her own (33-12), but Caitlin Blackman, Emma Landes, Cronley and Marion responded in a big way going on a 12-2 run to pull within 35-24 with 22 seconds left.
- Sydney Hoffman beat the buzzer with a jumper to give the Falcons a 37-24 edge through 30 minutes.
- A running baseline finish by Ella Smith was the only bucket for the Red and White during a 9-2 Falcons flight over the first 4:30 making the score 46-26.
- Dickinson did not go down quiet as Blackman, Cronley and Zerbe tallied eight of the next ten points trimming the margin to 48-34.
- However, the home side collected four of six points during the final minute to set the 52-36 final.
- Points - Zerbe (9), Cronley, Landes and Marion (6)
- Rebounds - Blackman (8), Marion (4), Landes and Zerbe (3)
- Assists - Blackman (2), John and Landes (1)
- Blocks - Jenna Weinstein, Cronley, John and Landes (1)
- Points - Harden (13), Bell and Monturo (8)
- Rebounds - Monturo (8), Fogarty and Milanesi (7)
- Assists - Harden (5)
- Blocks - Fogarty (2), Harden and Milanesi (1)
- Dickinson (3-3) will take some time off for the holiday, before returning to action on Wednesday, December 4th inside the Kline Center for the Centennial Conference opener against McDaniel College. Tipoff is slated for 6pm.
