MEADVILLE, Pa. — The
Earlham College women’s basketball team started a long weekend with a 71-46 loss on Friday night to
Allegheny College in a North Coast Athletic Conference contest.
Natasha Norman topped the Quakers with nine points, while
Kate Franks and
Jessica Wooden tossed in eight points each.
Charvonne Long scored six points as she finished with a game-high eight rebounds.
The Quakers grabbed an early lead when Long scored the first basket of the contest at 19:07.
After the Gators (9-11, 6-5) tied the game,
Michelle Miranda made 1-of-2 free throws to give the Quakers a 3-2 advantage with 16:45 left in the opening period.
With seven straight points, Allegheny took a 9-3 lead at the 14:24 mark.
Moments later, Wooden brought the Quakers to within one point twice with the last time coming at 11:22 when she drilled a 3-pointer to close the gap to 12-11.
Unfortunately for the Quakers, Allegheny went on an 11-0 run over the next four minutes to make it 23-11 with 7:19 remaining before halftime.
From that point, the Gators worked their way to a 41-15 lead by intermission and they maintained control the rest of the way.
Earlham (2-18, 1-10) visits
Hiram College on Saturday. The NCAC match up gets underway at 2 p.m.
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