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Women's Basketball 12/17/2011 2:52:00 AM Joy Zazzera, Sports Information Director

Taylor's 28 leads Knights in loss to Rosemont

Box Score GLENSIDE, Pa.: Senior Christine Taylor (Navron, PA/Garden Spot) poured in 28 points for Arcadia University who dropped a 67-59 non-conference women's basketball game to Rosemont College Friday evening at the Kuch Center.

The lead changed hands six times in the first half in between fives ties. Arcadia first year Michaela Holleran (Gilbertsville, PA/Pope John Paul) drained a three pointer at 15:06 to tie the game at 9-all and then senior Ashley Gripper (Philadelphia, PA/Central) scored on a jumper in her first game back since Nov. 2010. That bucket put Arcadia in front 11-9. Rosemont regained a two-point lead and then Taylor tied it back up at 13 on a duece in the paint. Again the Ravens went up a bucket, answered by Arcadia sophomore Jenna Crothers (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford) with a three-point play and a 16-15 Knight's lead. The Knights held their last lead of the half at 18-17. Rosemont would go up by five, 23-18 with two minutes to go but a resilient effort from Arcadia cut the Raven's lead to just one (26-25) by the haltime buzzer with four straight points coming from Taylor to close the half.

Ashley Montecchio strapped the Ravens to her back and scored a dozen straight shortly before the midway mark of the second half yet it was only a three point lead for Rosemont, 44-41 with 11:15 to play in the game. But two Arcadia turnovers and two drives to the glass from Montecchio as a result gave Rosemont their largest lead of the contest, a ten point difference, 51-41 with 10:18 to go.

As close as the Knights could get would be within 2, when sophomore Jessica Campbell (Huntington Valley, PA/Villa Joseph Marie) scored inside for a 57-55 Ravens read on the scoreboard with 5:50 remaining. But then Rosemont got eight straight from Elizabeth Coyne to forge ahead again by ten with 2:18 to play holding on to take the win, 67-59.

The Knights suffer their second straight loss to Rosemont this season after dropping an 80-59 battle at Rutgers-Camden back on Nov. 20.

Rosemont (5-4, 1-3 CSAC) capitalized from Arcadia's game high 27 turnovers, scoring 21 points from them although the Knights (1-7, 0-2 CC) did manage to convert 19 points from Rosemont's 21 give-aways. The two team's went toe-to-toe at the charity stripe, the Ravens hitting 12 of 16 (75%) but out-matched by Arcadia's impressive 18 for 21 effort which included an 11 for 12 clinic at the line from Taylor. While the Knights edged Rosemont in offensive accuracy, 33.9% to 32.9%, one stone left unturned was rebounding with the Ravens absolutely the aggressor, a 63-36 margin, 30 on the offensive end for Rosemont.

Montechhio led all scorer's with 32 points and 11 rebounds, the game's lone double-double. Coyne added 19 points for the victors.

In addition to Taylor's team high 28 points (and 5 rebounds), Crothers dropped 10 (along with 2 steals), Campbell finished with 8 points and added 8 rebounds and 3 steals, both team highs. Gripper scored 6 off the bench in her season-debut along with 4 boards. Holleran added 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals.

The Knights provided returning alumni, gathered for the University's inaugural Arcadia Athletic Alumni Association (QUAD-A), an exciting game from start to stop as the team begins to return players back from injury.

Arcadia takes a break for the holidays and returns to the court for a non-league game at Berkeley College (NJ) on Jan. 4 before returning home to host Eastern University on Jan. 7.

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