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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Doug Roorbach, Sports Information Director 585.567.9556

Cougars Outlast Highlanders 61-53

(Houghton, N.Y.)—Mount Vernon Nazarene University used tough defense and sharp free-throw shooting down the stretch to outlast Houghton College 61-53 in a tightly played women’s basketball game at the Nielsen Center Saturday afternoon.

            The Highlanders and Cougars exchanged the lead 13 times and were tied seven times; neither team led by more than six points until the last minute.

            The seventh tie (48-48) came with 4:03 left when Leah French hit a three-pointer for Houghton. In the next three minutes, though, the Cougars went on a 10-3 run to pull away. In the last minute of play MVNU made five of six free throws.

            Mount Vernon’s Amanda Himes led all scorers with 19. Ashley Dupler had 17 for the Highlanders.

            Both teams played tough defense, leading to a fair amount of turnovers and poor shooting. Houghton hit 22-for-60 (36.7 percent) from the field and got to the line only four times. They were 7-for-23

Kara Schrader goes up strong against MVNU.

(30.4 percent) from behind the arc. The Highlanders had 23 turnovers.

            MVNU wasn’t much better, turning the ball over 19 times and shooting 19-for-49 (38.8 percent) from the field. The Cougars made 19 of 22 free throws (86.4 percent), though, and had 13 steals.

            Houghton’s record is now 5-5 and the Cougars are 11-2. Houghton hosts the University of Maine—Fort Kent on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

 

Houghton College has deep and solid roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play and in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference for the Kingdom on campus, in Allegany County, in the Northeast and around the world.  Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door for Houghton to be a leader, both in the Northeast and nationally, in character education. Through hands-on, innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and student-athletes are working together to change the culture of sport and to change our culture through sport.