RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Felician women's basketball hosted Post University in JJJ Gymnasium Tuesday night and
Ane Valle (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) surged for 34-points to lead the team to an 81-68 victory.
After the first 20-minutes of regulation, the Golden Falcons found themselves holding a 10 point lead over the Eagles to ultimately extend their advantage to their largest lead of 17 duing the final stanza.
Here's What Happened:
- In a tight knit first quarter, 10 of the 12 lead changes occurred in the opening minutes with the Golden Falcons snagging the lead in the final seconds on a Mar Vidal (Tona, Spain) three-point play.
- Post recorded a bucket to start the second, but Katie Ritchie (Mentone, Victoria, Australia) went 2-2 from the charity stripe to give the lead back to the green-and-gold for the final lead change of the contest.
- At the time, Ritchie would also give the Golden Falcons the largest lead of 13, 39-26, and would reach that point once more after a Valle layup, 41-28, as halftime approached.
- Valle and Ritchie would immediately score back-to-back points as the Golden Falcons continued to edge the Eagles' attempted comeback, 49-37. Post was able to dwindle down the Felician lead to five points, but the Golden Falcons closed out the third quarter going 7-8 from the free throw line - you read that right .. every green-and-gold point from three minutes to the end of the quarter... were freebees.
- As the fourth quarter commenced, the Golden Falcons soared to new heights in terms of their lead to 17 and eventually ended the contest with a 81-68 win over the Eagles.
Box Score Insights:
- Valle led the team with her career high of 34 points while also adding six rebounds and five assists to the mix. Ritchie recorded her third double-double of the season with 18-points and 13 rebounds.
- Deviney Jackson (Long Island City, N.Y.) posted nine points and eight rebounds and Vidal had seven points and six assists.
- The Golden Falcons outperformed each percentile in Tuesday's outing as they shot 47% (29-60) from the field and 85% (23-27) from the freethrow line.
The Golden Falcons (4-10 / 4-1 CACC) will be back in action in JJJ Gymnasium on Saturday as they host Wilmington (Del.) at 1:00pm.
