Box Score PITTSBURGH, PA. – JANUARY 3rd, 2018 – Chatham fell in the final quarter to Waynesburg 81-78 in the first game of 2018.
KEY COUGARS: Ashley McClain led the team in scoring with 23 points. McClain shot 5-7 from beyond the arc and 9-15 overall. She added six rebounds and three assists.
Brittani Smith scored a season high 20 points shooting 2-3 for three pointers and 8-9 from the free throw line. Smith added seven rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Katie Sieg totaled 16 points, eight assists, six rebounds and three steals.
Olivia Barkley tallied seven points, six rebounds, and two assists.
Sierra Ungerman led the team in rebounds with eight.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: The game was back and forth with 14 lead changes and eight tied scores. In the first half Chatham shot 52% from the field and 75% from beyond the arc. The team had 21 points off of 14 forced Yellow Jacket turnovers. The bench added 24 points for the Cougars. Chatham scored 11 points off of 11 offensive rebounds.
WHAT'S NEXT: Chatham travels to Washington, Pa. to take on the Presidents of W&J at 1 pm on January 6
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For more information on the Chatham University Women's Basketball team, please visit the official athletics website of Chatham University;
http://www.gochathamcougars.com .
About Chatham Athletics
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers ten Division III women's sports and eight 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 University unveiled a renovated weight room in the fall of 2017. Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as 52 student athletes being selected to the 2016 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, indoor and outdoor track & field, and volleyball. Chatham added women's squash beginning in 2018-19. Chatham men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, swimming & diving, as well as indoor and outdoor track & field. Chatham added men's squash starting in 2018-19.
For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit www.gochathamcougars.com.
