Area Women: Cotton’s last-minute basket defeats GW

Sunday, January 20, 2008

From combined dispatches

Temple 68, No. 13 GW 66

PHILADELPHIA — Shanea Cotton’s basket with 23 seconds left lifted the Owls (9-10, 2-1 A-10) to a victory over the Colonials (14-4, 2-1) yesterday.

Lindsay Kimmel scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Lady Comfort and Ashley Morris added 14 each for Temple.

Sarah-Jo Lawrence had 17 and Kimberly Beck scored 15 for George Washington, which had won nine straight games.

After LaKeisha Eaddy’s jumper put Temple ahead 61-53, the Colonials answered with a 13-3 run. Whitney Allen’s driving layup got GW within a basket and Antelia Parrish hit a long jumper to tie it 64-64. Lawrence scored on a strong inside move to put the Colonials ahead for the first time, 66-64, with two minutes left.

Eaddy’s layup tied it and Cotton scored off her own miss to give the Owls a 68-66 lead. Cotton then grabbed a key rebound at the other end to help secure the win. Cotton missed a free throw and Eaddy stole the inbounds pass to end it.

No. 17 Notre Dame 104, Georgetown 86

Ashley Barrow scored 21 points and the Irish (15-3, 3-1 Big East) scored more than 100 points on the road for the first time in school history in a victory over the Hoyas (10-7, 0-4) at McDonough Arena.

Notre Dame led Georgetown early in the second half but pulled away for its second straight win when Brittany Mallory’s three-point play off a fast-break layup started a 24-10 surge.

Kieraah Marlow, coming off a scoreless outing in her previous start, had a career-high 34 points.

Lafayette 60, Navy 44

EASTON, Pa. — The Leopards (10-8, 2-1 Patriot) held the Midshipmen (4-14, 0-3) to one field goal over the final 12 minutes of the game and to 12 second-half points to post a victory.

Kristen Bowen led Navy with 15 points.

American 88, Colgate 58

HAMILTON, N.Y. — The Eagles (7-11, 1-2 Patriot) rode their strongest offensive performance of the season to a victory over the Raiders (1-17, 0-3) for their first conference win of the season.

Scranton 51, Catholic 41

SCRANTON, Pa. — Ryan Mooney had 15 points and Stephanie Remington added 12 to lead the Royals (10-5, 4-1 Landmark) over the Cardinals (5-9, 1-4).

Reserve Kaitlyn O’Keefe led Catholic with 13 points.