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Golden Eagles women’s basketball loses season finale

This past Saturday, Feb. 26, the Clarion women’s basketball team lost its season finale 93-58 to Gannon University at the Hammermill Center.

Gannon scored 45 points in the first half alone, and lead the Golden Eagles by 17 at the half.

The second half was just as brutal, as the Golden Knights handed Clarion its 10th conference loss and 19th loss overall.

Despite the Golden Eagles struggles, there were some nice individual performances.

Freshman Ann Deibert played a terrific game scoring 15 points, dishing out four assists and grabbing six rebounds.

Freshman Emma Fickel continued to do what she does best, hit the three ball. She hit four of 11 from three point range and scored 12 points.

Freshman Mackenzie Clark had a solid overall game, dropping in 10 points, seven assists and four rebounds.

Freshman Lauren Savulchak was also in double digits with 10 points.

In the end, it was a losing season for the Golden Eagles with many bumps in the road.

Even though they went through some tough times, they showed a promising future.

The top five scorers for the Golden Eagles were all freshmen, led by Fickel, who had a sensational year from beyond the arc.

She hit 89 three-pointers and averaged 13.3 points per game.

Deibert, Savulchak, Raven Jones, Clark and Fickel will be the core group of the future and should continue to get better in the years to come.

“The season was rough for everyone, but we made it through and we improved,” Clark said.

“I think the future for our team is very bright and I’m excited to see what happens.”

Gannon could not secure the final playoff spot with the win.

Finishing at the top of the conference was Edinboro with a 24-3 record. In second, was IUP with a 19-8 record.

In third, with a record of 21-6 was CalU, and rounding out the playoff berths in fourth was Mercyhurst with a 15-15 records.

Clarion finished 7-19 overall, and 4-10 this season.