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Jan. 27, 2009
Game-Tying Shot Doesn't Fall So Lutes Do, 60-57
FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Pacific Lutheran missed a potential game-tying three-point shot at the end of the game, giving host Pacific a 60-57 Northwest Conference women's basketball win on Tuesday night.
Freshman Julianne Erbe came alive for 22 points to lead the
Boxers to victory. She scored 16 of her 22 in the second half,
hitting on 8-of-12 from the field and 6-of-10 from the free throw
line as the Boxers (5-11, 4-4 NWC) earned their third win in the
last four games. The win also snapped an eight-game losing
streak to the Lutes dating back to the end of the 2003-04
season.
Erica Schultz and Mallory Goldammer both scored 11 points as the
Boxers won despite shooting just 30.2 percent (19-of-63) from the
field. Pacific excelled at the free throw line, making
19-of-26.
Trinity Gibbons led PLU (10-7, 4-4 NWC) with 14 points as the Lutes
shot 38.7 percent (24-of-62) from the field with five
three-pointers, but they managed a paltry 4-of-10 from the free
throw line. Nikki Scott added 13 points and Amy Spieker connected
for 12 in the losing cause.
After a close start, the Boxers broke the game open midway through
the first half. Pacific led 8-6 when Erbe's lay-in started a 12-2
run that gave the Boxers a 20-8 advantage. The Lutes then went on a
run of their own, outscoring the Boxers 18-5 over the next six
minutes. They took a 28-27 lead into halftime.
Pacific tied the game at 33-33 to open the second half and then
used a string of free throws and an Erbe lay-up to build a 41-33
lead at the 12:24 mark. The Lutes kept things close, tying the game
once again at 50-50 on Gibbons' three-pointer with 4:40 remaining.
Erbe responded by scoring the next six points, putting Pacific
ahead by six with three minutes left.
The Lutes would not be shaken easily, coming within one on Gibbons'
final three-pointer of the night with 10 seconds left. PLU
fouled on the ensuing in-bounds pass and Goldammer hit both free
throws to Pacific up three with six seconds left. A
last-second three-point attempt to tie the game by Spieker was off
the mark.
(Courtesy of Pacific Sports Information Office)
