Dec. 8, 2006

Lutes Sluggish in 55-45 Non-League Victory Over Geoducks

Kezia Long - 17 points to lead Lutes

Game Statistics

The Pacific Lutheran women’s basketball team struggled to get in a groove but was still victorious against the Evergreen State Geoducks. The Lutes beat the visiting Geoducks, 55-45, in a non-conference game played Friday night in Olson Auditorium.

Pacific Lutheran (5-2 overall) was paced Kezia Long who shot 7-of-11 from the field and scored 17 points. She also led all players with nine rebounds as the Lutes won that battle, 35-31. PLU shot 11-of -15 from the free throw line and shot 42 percent from the field. Defensively, the Lutes created 18 turnovers.

The Lutes led by as many as 16 points on two occasions in the second half, the second at 53-37 on a pair of free throws by Melissa Richardson with 4:15 left in the game. The Geoducks battled back and finally pulled within 10 points on Danielle Keenan's layup with 24 seconds to play.

For the Geoducks (2-6), Keenan came off the bench to score 13 points, and Jenny Olson added 12 in the loss. Jennifer Solberg led Evergreen with eight rebounds.

Tomorrow night the Lutes Host Corban College in a non-conference match up. The game will start at 7 p.m in Olson Auditorium.

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