Women's Basketball

DeSales University 77, Delaware Valley 73

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - DeSales University hit four free throws in the final eight seconds to survive a major scare and remain unbeaten with a 77-73 victory over host Delaware Valley College in a Freedom Conference game.

The Bulldogs, who are ranked sixth in Division III, improved to 14-0 overall and 4-0 in conference play. Thy also won their 16th game in a row dating back to last year's run towards an ECAC Southern Region Championship. The loss dropped the Aggies to 3-9 overall and 0-4 in the conference. Three of the four conference defeats have come against the No. 3, 6 and 12 teams in the country while the other loss was a close road decision at Lycoming.

Delaware Valley trailed by 11, 73-62, with 3:28 remaining in the game before going on an 11-0 run to tie the game with just 24 seconds remaining. Senior guard Amber Smolinsky had six of the 11 points including a floated in the lane that tied it up.

DeSales came downcourt with the ball and appeared to turn it over on a double dribble. However, the officials ruled that a timeout was called by the Bulldogs. They set up a play and Alyssa Antolick was fouled with eight seconds left. She hit both foul shots for a two-point lead.

The Aggies' Shannon McCormick then tried a long inbounds pass that went out of play. Teri Antolick was fouled with four seconds to go and she calmly hit both free throws to ice the game.

Delaware Valley came flying out of the game and scored nine of the 11 points. The Aggies took a 36-28 lead into the intermission as they shot 48 percent from the field and held DeSales to just 22.5 percent shooting. However, things were different in the second half as the Bulldogs connected on 55.2 percent of their shots including a 6-for-7 showing from 3-point land.

Sophomore forward/center Bridget Golden paced Delaware Valley with 18 points and 10 rebounds. She shot 10-for-11 for the foul line as the team missed just two foul shots in 21 attempts. Smolinsky finished with 17 points, six assists and four steals while sophomore Jackie Hartzell came off the bench to add a career-high 15 points. She hit four of five attempts from 3-point land.

Amy Yencho led all scorers with 19 points. Teri Antoloick had 17 points and Alyssa Antlolick added 11.