Box Score GREENVILLE, PA – Elizabeth Lewis scored a season-high 13 points, but the Chatham University basketball team fell to Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) foe Thiel College 64-53 on Wednesday.  Chatham is now 3-21 overall and 2-15 in PAC play.  Thiel moves to 5-18 overall and 4-12 in the conference.
 
Lewis went 4-8 from the field and 4-4 from the free throw line, en route to her season high.  Becky Rowe drained a pair of threes, leading to eight points.  Jesse Hinkle scored seven points and grabbed a team-high 14 rebounds.  Jessica Manfredi also scored seven, and dished out three assists.
 
For Thiel, Jaclyn Watkins scored 15 points, while Bethany Hines and Laken Shields each scored 11.
 
Both teams connected on 20 field goals in the game.  Chatham made seven threes to Thiel's one.  The difference came at the free throw line, where the Tomcats shot 23-29 (79.3%) and Chatham went 6-10 (60.0%).
 
Chatham held an 18-15 advantage in points off turnovers.  Thiel led in second chance points (19-5) and in points in the paint (38-22).
 
Chatham wraps up the 2013-2014 regular season on Saturday, February 22, when they host Waynesburg University.  Game time is set for 2:00pm.
 
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Chatham University, founded in 1869, is located in the vibrant Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. Preparing students from around the world, Chatham's enrollment throughout the past decade was the fastest growing in the Pittsburgh region.

Consisting of a historic, undergraduate women's college and graduate and online programs for both men and women, Chatham has consistently been ranked among the top master's level institutions in the Northeast by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Offering challenging academics and innovative programming in the fields of sustainability and the environment, the health sciences, and business & entrepreneurship, a Chatham education is designed to meet the needs of tomorrow's economy, today.

Chatham has also demonstrated institutional commitments to reach carbon neutrality by 2025 as a charter signatory of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, has been named to The Princeton Review's 2013 Green Honor Roll as one of the most environmentally responsible universities in the U.S. and Canada, received a STARS Gold Rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and is the alma mater of environmental icon and Silent Spring author, Rachel Carson (class of '29).

For more information, call 800-837-1290 or visit www.chatham.edu.