La Roche Rallies to Defeat Behrend Women's Basketball

ERIE, Pa. – The La Roche women's basketball team registered their fifth straight win over the Behrend Lions with a 72-64 victory in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week on Wednesday in the Junker Center.

Score: La Roche 72, Penn State Behrend 64
Records: Penn State Behrend (3-6, 2-1 AMCC), La Roche (5-3, 3-0 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The defending AMCC Champions handed the Lions their first conference loss of the season
* La Roche bounced back from a four-point halftime deficit to outscore Behrend 26-15 in the third quarter to take the lead for good
* The Redhawks had four players in double-digit points with Machia Hairston and Makayla Abram each posting double-doubles
* Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) was one-point shy of her career high with a team-best 25 behind 12-for-19 shooting
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) added 17 points and four assists
* The AMCC Game of the Week had 10 lead changes and three ties
* La Roche held the advantage on the boards 47-35 thanks to Hairston's 19 rebounds and Abram's 14
* Behrend had its largest lead at 11-4 with 45 seconds left in the first quarter after a Majewski three pointer
* In the third quarter, Jazmine Dunn scored seven-straight points for the Redhawks to give them the lead that wouldn't relinquish at 46-40
* Alexis Furyes (Medina, OH/Highland) contributed eight rebounds, eight points, three assists and one block

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action on Saturday against Mt. Aloysius. Game time is 2 p.m.