GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's basketball team dropped to 1-1 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference as the Wolverines dropped a 57-47 home decision Tuesday night to Saint Vincent in the Grove City College Arena.
Saint Vincent jumped out to a 16-4 lead as Grove City converted only 3 of 19 (16 percent) field goal attempts in the first quarter. Grove City had a season-low nine turnovers but finished the game 17 of 68 (25.0 percent) from the field.
Junior forward
Kat Goetz (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth) paced Grove City (1-4, 1-1 PAC) with a season-high 14 points, along with a team-leading nine rebounds. Senior guard
Megan Kallock (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Salem) added nine points.
Saint Vincent led 20-10 after one quarter but Grove City whittled the lead to 26-22 by halftime. The Wolverines then took their first lead of the game, 34-33, when senior center
Nina Cano (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) hit a baseline jumper with 1:10 to go in the third quarter.
Saint Vincent reclaimed the lead in the closing moments of the third quarter on Ella Marconi's layup. A Kallock layup with 6:40 left cut the Bearcats' lead to 43-42. Grove City misfired on its next seven shots, though, and did not score for nearly six minutes.
Grove City forced 15 Saint Vincent turnovers. The Bearcats finished the game 23 of 58 (40 percent) from the field. Each team had 45 rebounds.
Junior center
Katie Baller (Lone Tree, Colo./Valor Christian), sophomore forward
Clara Hannon (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) and sophomore center
Kiley Ingram (Cincinnati, Ohio/Kings) all collected five boards for Grove City. Kallock added two assists and a pair of steals.
Marconi led Saint Vincent with 16 points.
Grove City will host Franciscan at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in conference action.
