COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: EC PICKS UP WIN OVER PENN COLLEGE (24 PHOTOS) (2024-11-14)
Southern Tier Sports ReportELMIRA — The Elmira College Soaring Eagles held off the Penn College Wildcats on Wednesday night, 55-47 at Speidel Gymnasium.
JUST THE BASICS:
SCORE: Elmira 55, Geneseo 47
LOCATION: Elmira, New York | Speidel Gymnasium
TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (2-0, 0-0 Empire 8), Penn College (0-3, 0-0, United East)
HOW IT HAPPENED:The Soaring Eagles rode a strong 10-point performance from Nevaeh Winston '25 off the bench to victory. Winston also pulled down five rebounds and amassed four steals for the Purple & Gold en route to victory.
Elmira graduate Amarionah Dixon had four points and four rebounds for Elmira in the game. She was 2-for-3 from the floor in the game.
D'Asia Jones '25 and Taylor Jung '25 each finished with nine points with Jung collecting eight rebounds.
Laura Bogota '25 poured in nine points and pulled down seven boards for Elmira.
For the second game in a row, the Soaring Eagles were up big at halftime. Their 33-13 lead at the half was powered by a stingy effort in the second quarter, where they only allowed two points in the 10-minute frame.
TOP PERFORMERS:Nevaeh Winston - 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals
Taylor Jung - 9 points, 8 rebounds
D'Asia Jones - 9 points, 3 rebounds
Laura Bogota - 5 points, 7 rebounds
Victoria Rought '25 - 7 rebounds, 2 points
UP NEXT:The Soaring Eagles host the Bengals from Buffalo State on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM in Speidel Gymnasium.
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PHOTOS BY BRIAN FEES
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