Box Score
Highlanders Fall to Falcons
(Houghton, N.Y.)— A game that had nine lead changes saw the
Houghton Highlanders (11-6, 6-4) lose a hard fought battle
70-63 against the Notre Dame College Falcons (11-7, 7-3).
The first 8 minutes were controlled by the Falcons as they
opened on an 18-9 run. The last 12 minutes of the half were
back and forth with the Highlanders scoring 31 points and
leading 40-36 at the break. The Highlanders offense was
explosive hitting 16-of-29 (52%) field goal attempts in the
first half. On the game they shot 25-of-62 (40%) to the
Falcons 24-of-65 (37%).
The second half saw more back and forth play with the
Highlanders fighting to maintain the lead until the seventh
minute of the half when the Falcons had rallied to tie the
game at 49. Both teams battled for the next several minutes
with the game being tied three different times during that
stretch. With 4 minutes left the Falcons broke a 61 all tie
and played tight defense to emerge with the victory.
Jennifer Hudson (Bloomfield, NY/Bloomfield) had a
notable game scoring 22 points and collecting 7 rebounds.
Leah French (Owego, NY/Owego Free Academy) was an offensive
threat, per usual, scoring 18 points along with 5 rebounds
and 4 steals.
The Highlanders have one game remaining on this 5-game road
trip. They will face Malone University on Tuesday (1/26).
