Taylor, Law Help Knights' Fiest Against Pride

Chester, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011-- With a playoff-berth not in the cards, Arcadia University's Women's Basketball team turned in one of it's best performances of the second half of the 2010-11 season this evening at Commonwealth Conference host Widener University, a team currently locked in at third in the league standings with a playoff berth secured. For the Knights, two big performances from junior Chrissy Taylor and sophomore Jackie Law was just what the team needed. Taylor was not shy with the ball around the Widener defense, draining seven three pointers for a career-high of 28 points while Law scored 14 points on 5-for-7 shooting, and added 11 steals and eight boards. Both played 39 minutes to lead a fiesty and determined Arcadia University squad but the Pride pulled away late in the second half for a 75-64 win over the Knights. Arcadia trailed by 6 at the break and fought back to a one point deficit with 11:37 remaining but would get no closer and as a result drop to 7-17 overall and 1-12 in league play. Widener (18-6, 9-4 CC) held a lead for most of the game and finished with four in double figures for the third straight contest.

A three-point jumper for Taylor just 28 seconds in gave Arcadia its only lead of the contest at 3-0. Widener followed with seven unanswered points and a 13-3 run, seven of which came from sophomore Kate Dellinger. The Knights fought off two seven point deficits highlighted by Taylor's fourth trey of the half to force a 27-27 game with 3:55 to go in the half, but another run for the Pride, an 8-2 run to end the period put Widener up six at the break, 35-29. The Knights shot with 50 percent precision in the opening twenty, 12 of 24 from the floor and beyond the arc, going 5-for-10.

By the thirteen minute mark of the second the Knights ended a 12-4 run producing the game's fifth tie when Law, who finished just two rebounds shy of a triple-double, converted one of her game high 11 steals into two points to knot the game at 44. Widener scored the next four to go up 48-44 but the Knights responded with a three from sophomore Angie Adams at 11:37, leaving Widener just a one-point lead 48-47. And then the Pride, who own the league's top scoring offense went on a 23-11 run and went up 67-55 with five minutes to play. Following the Knights' successful shooting in the opening half, the team was held to just 31 percent in the second.

Dellinger finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and three blocks to lead the Widener squad. Alyssa Wiggins totaled 13 points, making four of five from long range, and Lil Carney dished seven assists. Freshman Jennifer Egee dropped 14 points, and sophomore Vanessa Hejnas finished with 12, shooting five of seven from the field to round out Widener's four players scoring in double-figures.

For Arcadia, Taylor's 28 point-career night came off shooting seven of 11 from beyond the arc, and going 3-for-3 from the line. Law's near miss on the triple-double was good enough for her ninth double double of the season, and 21st over the past two seasons. Adams pitched in with five and dished out six for the Knights, while senior Corrine Geiger scored eight. The Pride won the battle of the boards 44-23 however Arcadia committed fewer turnovers (26-20) and shot the lights out at the free throw line, hitting all 11 attempts.

Arcadia plays host to the Blue Jays of Elizabethtown College this Saturday at 1 p.m. Prior to Saturday's tip, the Knights will honor their seniors in the season-closing contest.

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