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Huskies Down Georgian Court in Women's Basketball
BLOOMSBURG—Freshman Dominique Deveaux (Coatesville/Coatesville) scored a team-high 21 points to lead Bloomsburg University to a 91-55 win over Georgian Court College in women's basketball action Monday night.
The Lions opened the game with an 8-2 lead behind six points from Lauren Meyer. Bloomsburg tied the game at 10-all on back-to-back three pointers from Michelle Albanese with 14 minutes to play in the half.
After Georgian Court went back in front 13-12, the Huskies went on a 16-2 run over the next four minutes highlighted by seven points from Deveaux. Bloomsburg then went into halftime with an 18-point lead, 43-25, after Deveaux hit a couple of free throws with 10 seconds left in the half.
The Huskies pushed the lead to 20 points, 50-30, early in the second half on a three-point play by Jamie Kauczka (Kingston/Wyoming Valley West). The Lions, though, rallied and went on a 12-2 run of their own to trim the deficit to 10 points, 52-42, with 12:28 to play.
From that point on it was all Bloomsburg. The Huskies used a 17-4 run over the next six minutes to grab a 69-46 lead and put the game out of reach. Deveaux played a big part in the rally for Bloomsburg netting eight points for the Huskies.
Bloomsburg got its biggest of the lead of the night, 36 points, in the final seconds of the game,
Along with 21 from Deveaux, Tiffany Metzler (Mechanicsburg/Holy Name) added a career-high 16 points to go along with 11 rebounds, while Stef Kline (Sinking Spring/Wilson) added 12 points and Michelle Albanese (Wilmington, DE/St. Mark's) 10.
Meyer was the lone Lion in double figures with a game-high 27 points.
The Huskies, now 7-9, host Mansfield on Wednesday night in PSAC East Division action. Georgian Court falls to 3-11 with the loss.
