Saturday, January 28
Providence, R.I.
2:00 p.m.
Syracuse University
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76 (ot)
Providence
Jenny Eckhart hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds left to force overtime at Providence. She scored 19 points in the game.
1/28/2006 5:20:37 PM | Women's Basketball
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Freshman Jenny Eckhart (Libertyville, Ill) hit a 3-pointer with eight seconds left in regulation to force overtime as the Orange went on to defeat Providence, 77-76, on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Alumni Hall. Eckhart totaled 19 points, one short of her career high, and shot 7-of-9 from the floor, including 3-for-3 from beyond the arc.
Down 64-60 with 1:36 left, Eckhart cut the deficit to one with one of her three triples. Shantee Darrian brought the lead back to three, 66-63, when she hit a lay up with 53 seconds to go in the second half. Freshman Cintia Johnson (Syracuse, N.Y.) sank a pair of free throws with 40 seconds remaining to cut the lead to one again, 66-65. After Shauna Snyder hit a jumper with 14 seconds left, Eckhart brought the ball the length of the floor, used a screen to get open, and sank a 3-pointer from the right wing to force the extra session.
In overtime, SU scored eight of the first 10 points to take a 76-70 lead with 2:16 remaining in the game. Allie Gard cut it to three with a 3-pointer, 76-73, with 1:27 to go. Sophomore Amanda Adamson (Littleton, Colo.) went 1-of-2 from the foul line to extend the lead, 77-73, with 24 seconds left. Chelsea Marandola hit another triple for the Friars to pull within a point, 77-76. After Adamson missed a pair of free throws, Darrian missed a jumper as time expired to give SU the victory.
Sophomore Vaida Sipaviciute (Kaunas, Lithuania) recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 25 points and 13 rebounds. She was 11-of-16 from the field and also blocked four shots. It was her 10th game this year with at least 20 points, tying Julie McBride (2003-04) and Paula Moore (1998-99) for the third-most 20-point games in a single season in team history. Junior Tracy Harbut (Lexington, Ky.) registered nine points and nine assists. Freshman Keri Laimbeer (Orchard Lake, Mich.) chipped in nine points off the bench for SU.
SU shot 53.4 percent (31-58) from the floor, the third time this season the Orange has shot better than 50 percent in a game. SU is 3-0 in those contests. Both teams struggled from the charity stripe as the Orange went 10-for-21 while PC went 7-for-17. The Friars’ 3-point shooting kept them in the game as it went 9-for-18 on the day.
It is SU’s fourth-straight win against the Friars and the first overtime game it has played since Jan. 14, 2004 when the Orange beat Rutgers, 59-57, at Manley Field House.
In the first half, SU led 9-8 with 14:30 remaining until PC went on a 19-6 scoring run to take a 27-15 lead with seven minutes to go. With the Friars leading 32-22 at the 4:39 mark, the Orange rattled off eight-straight points to cut the lead to two, 32-30. PC scored the last four points of the half to take a 36-30 halftime lead.
SU came out firing in the second half and started it with a 14-4 run to take a 44-40 lead with 12:52 left. Sipaviciute notched the last three baskets for the Orange in that span. Neither team led by more than four in the rest of regulation.
For the Friars (6-13, 1-7), Snyder matched Eckhart with 19 points. Marandola added 16 points and Darrian recorded 12 points and 14 rebounds. Gayle Nwafili also recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 boards.
SU (9-11, 2-7) returns to the Carrier Dome on Tuesday, Jan. 31, when it hosts Notre Dame in a 7:30 p.m. match up.
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