Alma Defeats Juniata In Holiday Classic
The Alma College Scots never trailed in the ballgame but held off the Juniata College Eagles 60-54 Friday night in the Heidelberg Holiday Alumni Classic. Alma improves to 4-4 while Juniata falls to 7-2 on the season.Leading the Scots in the win was Ashley Mutuzak with 12 points. Abigail Way contributed 11 points while Emily Niemi grabbed a team-leading 10 boards.
Kelly Ashcraft led the Eagles with 20 points and six rebounds, while Jess Winemiller contribited 15 points and six boards.
Leading 11-10, Alma went on a 10-2 run to open their largest lead at 21-12 with 3:45 remaining in the first half. The Scots led 28-20 before Juniata's Ali Meckey scored a lay-up and Winemiller hit a shot from the wing to cut the Alma lead to 28-25 at intermission.
Juniata rallied in the second half, cutting the lead to one at 41-40 with 10:19 left, but Alma would answer with a 7-0 run started by a Way 3-pointer. The Scots held on for the six-point win.
The Eagles outrebounded the Scots 38-36 for the contest. Alma made the most of their shots, hitting 46.8 percent (22-47), including 54.5 percent (12-22) in the second half. Juniata made 19 of 64 shots (29.7 percent).
Juniata returns to action tomorrow in the consolation game of the Heidelberg Holiday Alumni contest at 1 p.m. Alma will play in the championship game at 3 p.m.
Posted: Fri, December 29th, 2006 at 11:43PM
