Box Score Greenville, PA - (01/07/15) - The Chatham University Women's Basketball team traveled to Thiel College on Wednesday night to battle the Tomcats in a PAC contest. The Cougars would climb out of a 14 point first half hole to take a one-point lead at halftime. Ultimately, Chatham would lose in a hard fought game 80-74.
Junior
Rachel McClain (Holidaysburg, PA) would lead the way for Chatham with 16 points and three steals. Four other Cougars finshed with double-figure points on the night. Senior guard
Becky Rowe (Beaver Falls, PA) scored 14 points, while sophomores
Jesse Hinkle (Jefferson Hills, PA) and Nicky Ingel (Noth Huntington, PA) added 11 and 10 points respectively. Junior guard
Anna Shashura (Deemston, PA) also contributed with a 12 point effort.
The Cougars overcame a 14-2 run bythe Tomcats to open the second half when Rowe's jumper
at the 12 minute mark tied the game at 55. Thiel used a strong final 10 minutes to close out the
game, despite Chatham cutting the lead to just three points in the final minute.
Chatham will return to the court on Saturday, January 10th when they travel to Geneva College to play at 1 PM. - COUGARS – Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the President's Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers eight Division III women's sports and six men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as the women's basketball team's second-highest team GPA across all Division III athletic programs in 2014, and the swimming & diving squad's GPA ranking in the top 50. Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham will add six new men's sports in the 2015-2016 academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball. For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit www.gochathamcougars.com
