Grove City Edges Women's Basketball

ERIE, Pa. – The Grove City women's basketball team had three players in double figures, led by Kathryn Erbelding's double double with 11 points and 12 rebounds, to defeat Penn State Behrend 52-49 in the consolation game of the Creative Imprints Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday afternoon.

Erbedling was named to the All-Tournament Team for leading the Wolverines (2-1) to their second win of the season. Jackie Stewart had a team-best 12 points and Lexie Arkwright added 11 points.

Rachael Razzano (New Castle, PA/New Castle) paced the Lions (1-2) with 11 points and two assists. Fontaine Glenn (West Sunbury, PA/Moniteau) was also in double figures with 10 points and six rebounds.

Grove City used a 16-0 run in just four minutes in the third quarter to erase a nine-point deficit to take the lead that held over the fourth quarter for the victory.

Behrend extended its lead at halftime from three to nine points in the first five minutes of the third quarter. Five different players scored in a 9-2 spurt, starting with a layup from Ali Goetz (Mars, PA/Mars) and ending with a jumper from Katie Chess (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park) for a 33-24 lead.

From there, the Wolverines managed to keep the Lions scoreless for nearly four minutes while chalking 16 points on the board to make it 40-33.

Dani Reinwald (Clymer, NY/Clymer Central), also named to the All-Tournament Team, knocked in three free throws to end the third quarter to start the fourth down by four.

Behrend could not recover, getting within three points on two occasions with less than 15 seconds to play. Razzano drained a triple at 51-48 but a free throw by Stewart with eight seconds left made it a two-possession game for the Lions to have a chance to tie it up.

Reinwald finishd with eight points, six rebounds, four blocks and three steals. Chess led Behrend