GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's basketball team dropped a 59-48 decision Saturday afternoon to visiting Washington & Jefferson (15-1, 11-0 PAC) in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at the Grove City College Arena. Grove City (8-7, 8-2 PAC) led 37-33 entering the fourth quarter but W&J went 7 for 11 (64 percent) from the field over the final 10 minutes. Grove City hit 4 of 18 (22 percent) of its field goal attempts in the final quarter.
Sophomore guard
Mara Polczynski (Irwin, Pa./Norwin) led Grove City with 13 points and senior guard
Megan Kallock (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Salem) added 10 points.Â
W&J led 23-18 at halftime and pushed the lead to 28-18 two minutes into the third quarter. Grove City then countered with a 19-5 run to take its first lead of the second half. Sophomore forward
Clara Hannon (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) sparked the run with a three-point play. Polczynski sandwiched a pair of field goals around a Kallock layup, cutting W&J's lead to 30-27.
Junior forward
Kat Goetz (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth) tied the game at 33 with a jumper in the paint. Freshman guard
Emily Garvin (Danville, Pa./Northumberland Christian) put Grove City ahead by grabbing a defensive rebound and then scoring a fast-break layup. Sophomore center
Kiley Ingram (Cincinnati, Ohio/Kings) pushed the lead to 37-33 when she scored off a Goetz assist in the final minute.
Grove City finished the game 20 of 71 (28 percent) from the field. W&J went 20 of 53 (38 percent). Grove City held a 47-45 edge on the glass, paced by Goetz's season-high 15 rebounds. Junior center
Katie Baller (Lone Tree, Colo./Valor Christian) recorded seven rebounds.Â
Grove City had 12 turnovers while W&J committed 13 turnovers.Â
Meghan Dryburgh led W&J with 22 points. W&J led 10-5 after one quarter.
Grove City begins a three-game road swing Wednesday night at conference foe Saint Vincent.
