ERIE, Pa. (Feb. 3) – Facing the No. 2 team in the country, the Vulcans trailed by just five points midway through the fourth quarter before falling by a 69-57 margin at Gannon in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West action on Saturday afternoon.
RECORDS/SERIES
• The California (PA) women's basketball team drops to 14-7 overall with a 9-6 mark in league play.
• Gannon extended the nation's longest winning streak to 20 games while improving to 23-1 this season behind a perfect 15-0 record in conference action.
• The Golden Knights have swept the regular-season series in each of the last two years, while the Vulcans won the 2023 PSAC Championship over the Golden Knights.
STATS
• Junior
Allycia Harris led the team with 17 points on sis-of-eight shooting and five-of-six from the free-throw line.
• She also added nine rebounds (four offensive) while playing 26 minutes on Saturday.
• Redshirt senior
Dejah Terrell finished with 11 points and six rebounds against the Golden Knights.
• Junior
Iyahnna Williams scored 10 points with a pair of three-pointers in 28 minutes off the bench.
• Sophomore
Alicia Young collected six points, five rebounds and two steals at Gannon.
GAME ACTION
• Cal scored seven-straight points to take a 7-2 lead at the 6:19-mark of the first quarter.
• The Golden Knights responded with a 13-3 run to seize a 15-10 advantage with 1:38 left in the quarter.
• Gannon heled a 17-15 lead at the end of the quarter and made just one field in nearly five minutes to start the second quarter.
• The Vulcans tied the score at 19-19 before the Golden Knights scored eight-straight points to build a 27-19 lead with 2:17 left before halftime.
• Gannon maintained a 31-23 lead at the break with neither team making a three-pointer in the second quarter.
• The Golden Knights extended the lead to double-digits, 40-29, before the Vulcans posted a 14-4 rally to cut the deficit to 44-40 at the 3:34-mark of the third quarter.
• Gannon heled a 53-45 lead at the end of the quarter before Cal trailed by just 56-51 with 6:48 left to play.
• The Golden Knights then mounted a 10-1 run to take a 68-53 lead with 2:17 remaining.
• Cal shot 55 percent from the floor in the second half and finished the game with a .438 field-goal percentage (21-of-48).
• The Vulcans and Golden Knights combined for 72 points in the paint with the team making a combined six three-pointers.
• Gannon senior Samantha Pirosko and sophomore Bri Claxon both posted a 20-point game in the win.
NEXT
• The Vulcans return to action on Wednesday, Feb. 7, when they travel to face Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, at 5:30 p.m.
