young on rebound at iup 2025 psac tournament
Nate Kurtz
57
California (PA) CAL-W 0-1
66
Winner Northern Mich. NMU-W 2-0
California (PA) CAL-W
0-1
57
Final
66
Northern Mich. NMU-W
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
California (PA) CAL-W 10 20 11 16 57
Northern Mich. NMU-W 10 12 22 22 66

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Matthew Kifer, Director of Athletic Communication

Vulcans fall in opener to Northern Michigan

Young scores 20 points for fourth time; Cal to play three NCAA Tournament teams this weekend

EDINBORO, Pa. (Nov. 7) – The California (PA) women's basketball team suffered a 66-57 loss to Northern Michigan of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) on Friday evening during the opening day of the Conference Commissioners Association (CCA) Division 2 Tip-Off Classic.

NOTES
• The Vulcans (0-1) are one of three teams from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) competing at the eight-team event in Erie County.
• NMU was picked to finish second in the preseason GLIAC poll after advancing to the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament and posting a 23-9 record last year.
• Senior Alicia Young scored a game-high 20 points on 9-of-16 shooting and added three rebounds.
• She reached the 20-point mark for the fourth time in her career.
• Senior transfer Kennedy Bankett finished with 10 points, two rebounds and two steals in her program debut.
• Junior Kimaya Williams tallied nine points, five rebounds, two blocks and three steals while leading the team with 38 minutes played.
• Sophomore Trinity Balog scored nine points behind a trio of three-pointers in her first career start.
• Junior Nina Shaw collected six assists in 27 minutes off the bench.
• NMU held a 10-3 lead at the 4:36-mark of the first quarter before Cal scored 11-unanswered points to claim a 14-10 advantage with 8:50 remaining in the second quarter.
• The Vulcans scored 20 points in the second quarter and led by as many as 12 points, 25-13, before taking a 30-22 lead at the break.
• NMU shot a blistering 71.4 percent (10-of-14) in the third quarter and held a 44-41 lead at the end of the quarter.
• The Vulcans trailed by a 51-50 margin with 5:38 left to play before the Wildcats scored 11-consecutive points over a span of three-plus minutes.
• Cal finished the game shooting 42.3 percent (22-of-52) from the floor and attempted just eight free-throws.
• The Wildcats held a 40-21 rebounding advantage behind 14 offensive rebounds that led to 20 second-chance points.

NEXT
• Cal returns to action tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 8, when it faces No. 15 Minnesota State at the Highmark Events Center in Erie, Pennsylvania.
• The Mavericks lost in the finals of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Championship last year before advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Minnesota State opened the D2CCA Classic with a 113-71 victory on Friday over host Edinboro, which advanced to the finals of the 2025 PSAC Tournament.
 
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