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Complete
Box Score
EDINBORO, PA – Kelly Calderone reached the
30-point plateau for the second straight game to lead the Edinboro
women’s basketball team to a 65-51 win at Cheyney on
Saturday. The victory snapped a two-game losing streak for the
Fighting Scots as Edinboro improved to 7-5. Cheyney falls to 3-7.
Edinboro has now won eight straight games against the Wolves.
After earlier in the week being named the PSAC
West Player of the Week, in part thanks to a 32-point effort
against West Liberty, Calderone led the way with 30 points. She
made 9 of 14 field goals, including 2 of 4 three’s, and was
10 of 11 at the line. Calderone moved from 16th to 14th in career
scoring with 1,196 points. She has scored in double figures in all
12 games.
Backcourt mate Samantha Reimer added 14 points
and 6 assists, as the duo were the only players to score in double
figures. Reimer, a freshman, made 7 of 11 free throws.
Edinboro shot 46.5 percent from the floor while
limiting the Wolves to 26.0 percent. In addition, the Fighting
Scots made 20 of 30 free throws, while Cheyney was 5 of 6 at the
charity stripe.
The Fighting Scots led from start to finish,
scoring the game’s first eight points. Rachel Johnson opened
the scoring with a layup, followed by a pair of free throws by
Calderone. Johnson made one of two free throws, then Calderone
capped the burst with a layup and free throw. Edinboro eventually
built the lead to 17-2 at the 10:48 mark, and held a 31-13 lead at
the half. Calderone scored 21 of her points in the first half.
Cheyney made just 5 of 30 field goal attempts in the opening
twenty minutes.
Cheyney put a scare into the Fighting Scots at
the beginning of the second half. The Wolves hit a pair of
three-pointers as part of an 11-3 and cut the lead to ten points
just over two minutes into the second half.
Edinboro answered with a 9-0 run. Reimer
started it with a three-pointer, followed by a Calderone jumper.
Kelsey Conklin had back-to-back layups to bring the score to 43-24
with 14:42 to play. Cheyney never got closer than 11 points the
rest of the way.
The Fighting Scots begin PSAC West action on
Wednesday, January 10, hosting Shippensburg. Tipoff at McComb
Fieldhouse is 5:30 p.m.
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