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Brooke Laub vs. CWRU 11-11-26
Peter Wangechi
75
Winner CWRU CWRU 1-2,0-0 UAA
74
John Carroll JCU 0-3,0-0 NCAC
Winner
CWRU CWRU
1-2,0-0 UAA
75
Final
74
John Carroll JCU
0-3,0-0 NCAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
CWRU CWRU 23 17 18 17 75
John Carroll JCU 20 23 17 14 74

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | JCUSID

Spartans Sneak by Women's Basketball in a Back-and-Forth Battle

Brooke Laub hit a career high in assists but JCU couldn't sink the final shot late

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – As can be expected of a young team, John Carroll Women's Basketball is still figuring out how to win.

With a chance to win at the buzzer, the Blue Streaks could not come up with the game-winner. 

In a nailbiter of a game between old East Side rivals, Case Western Reserve emerged with a 75-74 victory. 

Just about the whole way through, the Blue Streaks and Spartans battled neck-and-neck. The lead changed 15 times in a seesaw game. The rivalry has been similarly cyclical, as CWRU won four straight vs. JCU before the Blue Streaks won the last four meetings. 

A Brooke Laub triple and an Erin McCormick layup sent JCU into the media timeout ahead, 12-10. The Spartans countered with a 9-2 run, concluded with an and-one. JCU tacked on some free throws late, heading into the second quarter down by a possession, 23-20.

A Carmella Sowers bucket and an old-fashioned three-point play for Lauren Kline evened things up at 25-all early in the second. CWRU managed a 7-2 run to go up by five, but the lead evaporated with a Katie Puletti jumper and another 3-point play for Kline. A deep shot by Laub got the score back in favor of the hosts. With 1:10 left, Kylie Mast buried a triple and then Bella Houillion connected on two free throws to get JCU ahead, 43-40, heading into the break.

The teams traded triples in the third, with McCormick, Puletti, and Reese Rhodehamel doing the honors for JCU. It was an exciting, back-and-forth quarter with both benches leaping with joy after big 3-pointers. The hosts converted on four free throws in the final 26 seconds to sneak ahead, 60-58, after three. 

McCormick heated up to start the fourth with a couple of pretty triples, and Kline hit a couple jumpers of her own, as JCU and CWRU traded jabs. Haydn Paul scored on a scoop and score midway through, but the Spartans countered with a 7-point run that lasted four minutes. With 1:07 to play, Houillion stopped the bleeding with a fast-break bucket. After forcing a turnover with 22 seconds left, the Blue Streaks missed two potential game-winning shots late. 

Head Coach Beth Andrews '15 utilized much of her bench, playing 12 players in all, 10 of whom contributed a bucket. Erin McCormick led the scoring with a career-high 17 points. Lauren Kline tabbed 12 points. Bella Houillion nearly reached a double-double, with 10 points and 8 assists. Brooke Laub registered a career-high 8 assists.

Rebounds continued to be an issue, as the Spartans outrebounded the Blue Streaks by 10. JCU has been beaten on the boards all three games thus far. 

Next Up
The Blue Streaks will hit the road this weekend, bound for Albion College. JCU will play Franklin College on Friday at 5 pm. 
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