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Turnovers hurt Clarion women against IUP

After a great home win against Slippery Rock University led by Hannah Heeter, the Clarion University Golden Eagle women’s basketball team took on Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks on Saturday, Feb. 4.

Heeter led the team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.

Heeter is now the first player since 2009 to have eight double-doubles in the last month, and was rewarded with her fifth PSAC West Freshman Woman of the Week.

Heeter now has 194 rebounds and is going for 200 for the season, which
would make her the first Golden Eagle since 2009 to get that amount.

With all of Heeter’s work, it still didn’t help the Golden Eagles as
they fell short against the Crimson Hawks losing 78-62.

IUP had the lead to start off the game, but with 15:30 left in the
half, the Golden Eagles took the lead. They had a nine-point lead,
which would end up being the most that the Golden Eagles led by the
whole game.

Ann Deibert had 10 points and nine rebounds and Raven Jones had 10
points in the game.

With the Golden Eagles leading the game 27-18 with 6:27 left in the
half, the Crimson Hawks went on a 23-3 run to end the quarter.

The score at halftime was 38-30.

Deibert never returned to the game after halftime and watched her
Golden Eagles try to bounce back in the game.

At halftime, Coach Gie Parson discussed with her players that they
weren’t out of the game.

“I told them that we are only down by eight. We need to have a good
start within the first three to four minutes to cut down the lead,”
Parsons said.

Once the second half started, the Golden Eagles tried to get back in
the game. With 3:47 left, they went on a 7-0 run to get within eight,
67-59.

Then with 2:34 left, Jones scored a basket which brought them within
eight again, but that wouldn’t be enough.

The Golden Eagles had 17 turnovers, which played a key part in the
game. Emma Fickel ended the game with four points, and Nicole Miloser
led the points off the bench with seven points and added five rebounds.

The bench contributed 21 points and a total of 10 second-chance points.

The Clarion Golden Eagles (6-14, 5-11) will take on Gannon University
at home on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Coach Parsons is hoping this game against Gannon ends differently.

“I would like to change the score, so that Clarion would win. Last time
we didn’t play so good against them and we want to get the win,”
Parsons said.