The Lady Rams fell shy to a 70-65 lost to Seton Hill last Thursday.
Senior Emily Daniel led the Rams with 22 points making 8 -of -11 from the floor and almost perfect from the line being 6 -of- 7. She had a game high of four steals and two assists and pulled down nine rebounds. Daniel moved into seventh place in the Shepherd all- time scoring poll with 1,104 and is fifth in the Shepherd poll for rebounds being 768.
Sophomore Rachel Johnson contributed 17 points. Junior Jimyse Brown added nine points and sophomore Gabby Flinchum scored eight points, and grabbed seven boards. Senior Priscilla Moseh led the team in box outs ending up in game high of 10 rebounds.
Seton Hill was winning at the half 39-33. The Griffins stayed ahead with a 12 point lead with three and a half minutes remaining. Johnson hit a three with 40 seconds left to improve the Rams 9-0 run cutting the Griffins lead 66-63. The Griffins went 4-of-4 from the line, making the different in the win.
Overall the Rams shot 25-60 from the floor 41.7 percent, 8-20 from down town 40 percent, and 20-24 71.2 percent from the line. The Rams controlled the boards throughout the game 41-28.
Saturday the ladies fought a tough loss to Glenville 104-87. Emily Daniel led the team with 20 points going 8-of-12 from the field, grabbing eight rebounds, and being perfect from the line 4-of-4. Senior Alex Tamez had a game high of five assists and added 16 points. Jimyse Brown and Gabby Flinchum both scored 10 points.
At the half Glenville led 56-45. IN the second half the Rams stayed in reach within seven points multiple times, but couldn’t hold on.
The Lady Rams are now 11-13, 10-10 in WVIAC standing.
The Lady Rams will be hosting Gold Rush Senior Night on Thursday, 21st against the Bobcats of West Virginia Wesleyan at 5:30. The first 600 fans to attend will receive a free gold Shepherd University t-shirt. Men start in action soon after.