INDIANA, Pa. – The IUP women's basketball team breezed past Rosemont with a 102-20 victory as part of Education Day on Wednesday at the KCAC.
IUP (3-0) set a new women's basketball attendance record with 2,992 fans witnessing a record-breaking victory. With students from area schools in attendance for the 8th Annual Education day game, IUP tied its second largest margin of victory with an 82-point triumph.
The Crimson Hawks allowed just five points during the first half, tied for the fewest points allowed in a half in program history. The Crimson Hawks allowed the second fewest number of points in program history, giving up just 20 on the day and just to shy of tying the program's all-time record.
The 56-point halftime advantage was the largest in program history as the Crimson Hawks worked a more methodical approach over the final two quarters.
Working in the entire lineup, every player scored at least two points on Wednesday as the team shot a blistering 60.0% from the floor.
Anna Rafferty and
Grace Spadaro recorded double-doubles, part of four Crimson Hawks in double figures.
Rafferty tallied 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Spadaro recorded 13 points, 11 boards and five assists. Rafferty went 6-of-7 from the field for 15 points, matching
Hope Cook's scoring output.
Daniela Shaughnessy dropped in 13 points of her own in just over 20 minutes.
Rosemont (0-4) cored 11 of its 20 points in the third quarter after going 1-of-14 in the second frame. The Crimson Hawks held a staggering 72-8 edge in the paint and racked up 31 fast break points.
Molly Howard posted nine points, part of the IUP bench that scored 79 of the team's 102 total points.
Alana Cardona was efficient with eight points (4-6 FG) in 10 minutes.
Anna Kadlubek logged eight points and five assists.
IUP scored the initial 15 points in the game and did not look back at a late-arriving Rosemont squad. Spadaro stretched the IUP lead to 27-12 with a stickback in the opening quarter before Howard expanded the advantage to 41 with a fastbreak bucket.
The Falcons were limited to single digits in scoring until the three-minute mark of the third quarter. Cook pushed IUP over the century mark in the fourth quarter with a triple, much to the delight of the energetic fans in attendance. It was part of a methodical fourth quarter for IUP, shooting 66.7% from the floor in the stanza.
The Hawks are no strangers to hitting program records on Education Day, including 125 points scored against Geneva back in 2017.
Lakay Holloway posted seven points for Rosemont, a DIII member of the Colonial States Athletic Conference.
UP NEXT
The Crimson Hawks return to the court on Wednesday, November 23 against Ohio Dominican. Tipoff from the KCAC is set for 5:30 p.m.
IUP's originally scheduled contest at UDC on November 18 was canceled.
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Gallery: (11-16-2022) Women's Basketball - Rosemont (11/16/22)
