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Release
DECEMBER
29, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: CHRISTINE FRANCIES, ASST. SID
260-481-6646
Mastodons
Forge Past Mountaineers
Ames,
IA -
The last time IPFW traveled to Iowa it wasn't so pretty, but against
the Mountaineers of Appalachian State, the Dons triumphed. The
Dons held the lead at half and kept it the entire second half to
defeat the Mountaineers, 74-64.
The Mountaineers
came in 5-4 to the Cyclone Classic hosted by Iowa State while
the Dons were 1-8. Tonight broke the ladies six game losing
streak in fine fashion.
Appalachian
State had a four point lead in the first with 10 minutes left
before the Dons opened up and went into the locker room with
a four point lead of their own. In the second, IPFW opened
up by as much as 16 with 16:17 to go in the second. The Mountaineers
were only able to come within four in the second before they
fell by 10.
Johnna
Lewis-Carlisle led
the Dons offensively with 21 points, a personal best for
the season. She was 3-5 from beyond the arc and pulled
down six boards and had two steals for the night.
Ashley
Johnson and Hilary
O'Connell each chipped in 14 points for the evening.
Johnson set a career record with 8 free throws made. She
also had eight boards and two steals against the Mountaineers.
O'Connell was perfect at the charity stripe, hitting all
six.
Nanyamka
Moore just
hit the double digit mark with 10 points. She also pulled
down a career best 7 boards in just 19 minutes.
For the Mountaineers,
four were in double digits. Danielle Edwards led with 17 points
and Jocelyn Wyatt put up 12 while Whiteny Tossie and Kiki Conyers
each had 11. Edwards also led in boards with 9.
Overall the
Dons pulled down 50 boards compared to the Mountaineers 29.
The Dons were 71% from the charity stripe and 41.1% from the
field.
The Mastodons
will have to wait until the conclusion of the nightcap before
they will know who they will be playing tomorrow night (12/30).
They will either face Nicholls State or Iowa State tomorrow
night at 5:30 pm CST or 8:00 pm CST. Their next home game is
January 7 versus Radford at the Gates Center.
Start
time
is
7 pm.
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