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Complete
Box Score
EDINBORO, PA – With Kelly Calderone
(Freedom, PA/Ambridge) matching her career-high with 32 points
and Kelsey Conklin (Edinboro, PA/General McLane) pulling
down 20 rebounds, the Edinboro women’s basketball team
debuted at home in fine fashion, upsetting 14th-ranked
Charleston(WV), 81-71. The Fighting Scots are now 3-0, while the
Golden Eagles fall to 1-2.
The contest was a rematch of last year’s
first round NCAA Division II East Regional Playoff game, when
Charleston ended Edinboro’s season and proceeded to reach the
Elite Eight for the second straight season. This time around
Edinboro grabbed the lead for good with just under five minutes to
play in the first half. Leading 33-29 at intermission, the
Fighting Scots built the lead to 12 points on two occasions, then
withstood a late rally by the Golden Eagles.
Edinboro led by ten points at 71-61 with 2:49
to play, but over the next two minutes Charleston cut the lead to
three points at 73-70. Calderone made one of two free throws with
44 seconds left, then following a Charleston miss, Kim Mardis
(Cleveland, OH/East Tech) made a pair of free throws with 36
seconds left to boost the margin to 76-70.
Calderone scored 12 points in the first half,
then dropped in 20 points in the second half. She hit the
1,000-point mark in her career with a free throw at the 10:58
mark, the 22nd Edinboro player to reach 1,000 career points.
Calderone is in her third season as a Fighting Scot after playing
one season at the University at Buffalo. Oddly enough, she ran her
streak to a school-record 46 consecutive free throws, but down the
stretch missed four at the line. On the evening the senior guard
made 9 of 17 field goals and was 14 of 18 from the line. She also
registered her first career double-double with 10 rebounds.
Edinboro made 31 of 46 free throws, including
23 of 34 in the second half. The Fighting Scots also held a
surprising 49-37 advantage on the glass, thanks to the efforts of
Conklin. The 6’1” freshman posted her first career
double-double, adding 10 points.
Another freshman Samantha Reimer (Altoona,
PA/Altoona) also scored in double figures, finishing with 18
points. Rachel Johnson (Oreland, PA/Springfield) added 11
points.
Edinboro returns to action on Saturday,
December 2, hosting Millersville. Tipoff is set for 1:00 p.m.
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