Fourth-Quarter Rally Lifts La Roche Past Women's Basketball

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The La Roche women's basketball team posted an 82-78 win over the Penn State Behrend Lions in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week on Wednesday night.

Score: La Roche 82, Penn State Behrend 78
Records: Penn State Behrend (12-7, 10-2 AMCC), La Roche (16-4, 13-0 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The Redhawks keep their win streak alive at nine straight while snapping the Lions nine-game streak
* La Roche outscored Behrend in the even quarters, including a 28-18 advantage in the fourth to make the different
* The Redhawks went 10-for-18 from the field and held a 13-5 edge in rebounds in the final 10 minutes
* Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) scored 21 of her game-high 29 points in the second half
* Altavilla dropped 12 in the third and nine in the fourth
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) added 16 points, while Julie Balaski (Mercer, PA/Mercer) tied Altavilla for the team lead in rebounds with eight each
* Balaski's rebounds marks a new career high
* Behrend went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the final 1:45 of the second period to take a two-point lead into the locker rooms
* The Lions grew the lead to eight in the third quarter after an Altavilla triple at the 6:50 mark before ending at a six-point advantage heading into the fourth
* La Roche went on a 10-2 run to start the final period and Dasja Anderson hit a jumper with 6:29 remaining in the game to give the Redhawks the lead for good
* It marks the second time this season the Lions lost when leading at the half
* The Lions shot a season-best 49.1 percent from the floor

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action on Saturday against Pitt-Bradford for Senior Day. Game time is 2 p.m.