Box Score
Highlanders Season Ends Against Shawnee State in AMC
Tournament
(Houghton, N.Y.)— In the first round of the American
Mideast Conference tournament, the #7 seed Houghton
Highlanders visited the #2 seed Shawnee State University
Bears. The Bears finished the regular season ranked #8 in
the NAIA. The Highlanders could not handle the offensive
attack of the Bears as they were defeated 73-48.
The Bears entered the game eager to take
the lead and they did just that. On the shoulders of senior
Whitney Williams, who scored 20 of her 23 points in the
first half alone, the Bears took the lead five minutes into
the game and never looked back. The Bears led the
Highlanders 37-20 going into the half.
In the second half the Highlanders shot better than
they did in the first, however, so did the Bears. The
Highlanders shot 21-of-66 (32%) from the floor in the game
to the Bears 25-of-58 (43%).
The Highlanders were led by Ashley Dupler (Jamestown,
NY/Jamestown) and Leah French (Owego, NY/Owego Free
Academy). Dupler finished with 13 points and 12 rebounds for
her fifteenth double-double of the season. In her final game
as a Highlander, Leah French had 12 points and 5 rebounds.
In her career at Houghton, French accumulated a total of
1,331 points that will leave her in third place on the
All-time scoring list.
With the 2009-2010 season over, the Highlanders now
look ahead to next year. They are losing three important
members that will be difficult replace in terms of the
leadership and hard work that they brought to the program.
However, several players returning next year have delivered
impressive performances this season and it should be
exciting to see them step up into the vacant roles.
