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Lucy Olsen scored 21 factors and Kaitlyn Orihel added 13 to steer Villanova previous Penn State 5853 in Monday’s first Ladies’s Basketball Invitational Match semifinal.
INDIANAPOLIS: Lucy Olsen scored 21 factors and Kaitlyn Orihel added 13 to steer Villanova previous Penn State 58-53 in Monday’s first Ladies’s Basketball Invitational Match semifinal.
Olsen additionally had six assists and 6 rebounds whereas Bella Runyan completed with 10 factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
The Wildcats (22-12) will face both top-seeded Washington State (21-14) or fourth-seeded Illinois (17-15) within the inaugural tourney’s championship sport Wednesday in Indianapolis.
Penn State was led by Leilani Kapinus with 18 factors, 13 rebounds and 4 assists. Ashley Owusu had 11 factors for the Nittany Lions (22-13).
That includes a pair of No. 1 seeds from Pennsylvania, the sport become a gritty slugfest that includes 39 turnovers, 27 fouls and during which neither staff shot higher than 39% from the sector.
Villanova seemed to be in management late within the third quarter when the Nittany Lions missed seven of their final eight photographs, going scoreless for the ultimate 2:24, whereas the Wildcats made 5 of their last seven photographs and took their largest lead of the sport, 43-33, on Megan Olbrys’ layup with 52 seconds left.
However Penn State charged again halfway by means of the fourth, reducing the deficit to 45-43 when Kapinus scored with 5:14 left. The Nittany Lions might have tied the rating after forcing a turnover on the following possession solely to offer the ball proper again to Villanova.
The Nittany Lions obtained another shot to tie it with 1:03 to play following one other Villanova turnover, however Owusu’s contested layup rolled off the rim and the Wildcats closed it out on the free-throw line.
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