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Women's Basketball Falls On the Road To Duquesne, 89-78
02/14/2002 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2002
Pittsburgh, PA - Senior Tionda Jennings (Pittsburgh, Pa./Westinghouse) led all scorers with a career-high 22 points on Senior Day as the Dukes (12-12, 7-6) took an 89-78 victory over visiting Richmond (11-15, 5-8) Thursday night at the Palumbo Center. Beth Friday (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) grabbed a game-best 20 rebounds to match her career high and the Duquesne Palumbo Center record. She added 20 points for her 30th career double-double. Also hitting double figures for the Dukes were Candace Futrell (Altoona, Pa./Altoona) with 18 and Nikolina Pender with 10 points.
Richmond was led by Amber Goppert with 21 points and Ebony Tanner with 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Friday scored four of the Dukes' first six points as the Red & Blue held a 6-3 lead early in the first frame before a 10-1 Richmond run gave the Spiders a 13-7 lead with 14:58 remaining. Richmond grabbed their largest lead of the period on a lay-up at the 10:51 mark for a 19-11 edge. Duquesne then executed a 26-7 run over the final 10:25, including six points in the final :39, for a 37-26 lead at the half. The Spiders connected on just 21.2% (7-33) of their shots from the field to the Dukes' 42.4% (14-33) in the first frame.
Duquesne jumped to an 11-2 run in the opening minutes of the second half for a 48-30 lead with 16:15 on the clock. Richmond then sprang to an 11-3 drive of their own to get within a 41-53 reach with 12:57 to go, but would not get closer than an 11-point reach thereafter. Friday sparked a 9-1 run to give the Dukes a 66-47 advantage and their largest lead of the game at the 8:43 mark and the lead for good.
The Dukes out-rebounded the Spiders 54 to 42 and out-shot them .471 (32-68) to .348 (24-69) for the game.
The Spiders will play their final home game of the season this Sunday at 2:00 p.m. as they host St. Bonaventure and honor three seniors: Michele Koclanes, Heather Rice, and Tasha Swaby.
