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Women’s basketball rally comes up short against Gannon

The Golden Eagles women’s basketball team fell to the Gannon Knights this past Saturday, Jan. 29, extending its losing streak to five games.

The Golden Eagles struggled most of the game, but found some momentum late in the second half when they came back from a 16-point deficit to make it 66-60 with 3:34 to
play.

Gannon held off Clarion with a 14-6 run to close out the game, making the final score 80-66.

“Even though we didn’t get the win, we still battled to the end, and I see us getting better and more consistent every game, so it’s just a matter of time before we get our next
win,” junior Courtney Healy said.

The loss dropped Clarion to 4-14 overall and 1-5 in the PSAC-West. Clarion’s freshman point guard Raven Jones led the team, scoring a career-high 24 points, while adding nine
assists.

“We played well against Gannon, but we need to limit our turnovers and make better decisions on the court, and good things will happen,” Jones said.

Freshman forward Ann Deibert recorded her second double-double of the year with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

Emma Fickel scored 22 points, had four rebounds and four steals.

She made five three-pointers, which put her in fourth place in school history for freshman made threes with 61.

This week Fickel was named the PSAC-West Freshman of the Week for the second time this season.

Fickel averaged 17 points, four rebounds and 3.5 steals per game in two games for the Golden Eagles last week.

Fickel is the leading scorer for Clarion this season, the 11th leading scorer in the PSAC and the top PSAC freshmen scorer at 13.7 points per game.

She is second in the PSAC in made three-pointers with 3.4 per game. She also pulls down 3.8 rebounds per game and has 35 steals.

Gannon moved to 9-8 overall and 2-4 in the PSAC-West. Julie Kieber led the way with 23 points.

Caitlyn Lowe had 21 points, and Danielle Ticker added nine points and 13 rebounds.

The Golden Eagles continued their struggles on Wednesday night, Feb. 2, when they went on the road to California University of Pennsylvania.

The Lady Vulcan’s came out with an easy 84-51 win over Clarion.

Freshmen Lauren Savulchak led the Golden Eagles with 19 points and six rebounds.

Fickel also contributed with 14 points of her own.

CalU’s Amy Johns led all scorers with 23 points

Clarion will be back in action on Saturday when they host Slippery Rock University at 5:30 p.m.

The game is a WBCA Pink Zone game.

The WBCA Pink Zone initiative is a global, unified effort for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the
court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.