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Center Valley, PA (January 18, 2006) – Junior Kirby Lutz (Easton, PA/Pen Argyl) recorded her second double-double of the season with 25 points and 12 rebounds to lead the DeSales University women’s basketball team past Delaware Valley College, 75-67, in Freedom Conference action on Wednesday evening in Billera Hall.
Lutz shot 10-for-18 and had 18 of her 25 tallies in the opening half to lead the Bulldogs (9-6, 3-2 Freedom). DSU shot 47.5 percent for the game and out-rebounded DVC (10-5, 3-2 Freedom), 39-3, for the game. Both teams committed 18 turnovers.
Trailing 14-8 at the 12:23 mark of the first half, DSU went on a 20-7 run over the next eight minutes to take a 28-21 lead. Lutz led the spurt with 11 points while a pair of freshmen, Kim Rarick (Ringtown, PA/North Schuylkill) and Lindsey Sykes (Avalon, NJ/Middle Township), tallied the other nine points for the Bulldogs. The lead went as high as nine points twice before a jumper at the buzzer by the Aggies’ Shannon O’Neill made it 35-28 at the half.
An 8-0 run out of the locker room by Delaware Valley gave the Aggies a 36-35 lead. Treys by Moira Donohue and Juli McGowan highlighted the run. DSU answered with a 12-3 run that broke a tie at 38 and gave the hosts a 50-41 advantage. All five starters scored during the run with Rarick tallying four points to lead the way.
The Aggies got within three at the 9:17 mark but three straight jumpers by sophomore Amanda Kuperavage (Port Carbon, PA/Nativity BVM) pushed the lead back to nine and DSU never looked back the rest of the way.
In addition the 25 points and 12 rebounds, Lutz totaled five assists and three steals in the win. Rarick finished with season-highs of 18 points and seven assists and Kuperavage totaled 16 points and seven rebounds. Freshman LeighAnn Burke (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) scored just five points but did contribute in other ways with six rebounds, six assists and three steals.
McGowan led the Aggies with a team-high 22 points, including four three’s. Donohue added 12 points, four assists and six steals.
DSU returns to action on Saturday, January 21st when they host The University of Scranton in a Freedom Conference game beginning at 1:00 pm. The game is scheduled to be broadcast live on Service Electric Cable TV channel 2 locally.
