Women's Basketball

Arcadia University 71, Delaware Valley College 67

GLENSIDE (PA) - Arcadia University used a big second half to rally from a 13-point deficit and down visiting Delaware Valley College, 71-67, in a Freedom Conference game.

Despite the loss, the Aggies (10-10, 5-3) remained tied with FDU-Florham and King's College for second place in the conference. The Knights moved to within a game and a half of the three squads as they are now 6-13 overall and 3-4 in the Freedom. Four conference games remain and the top four teams qualify for the Freedom playoffs.

Delaware Valley held Arcadia to just 29.6 percent shooting in the first half. The Aggies led by as many as 13 in the stanza and took a 30-19 advantage into the intermission.

However it was all Knights in the second half as they hit on half of their shots from the field and outscored Delaware Valley by a 54-37 margin in those 20 minutes. They erased the deficit and build a 12-point lead of their own at 57-45 with 4:21 remaining.

Arcadia still held an eight point lead with a minute remaining, but the Aggies scored 11 of the next 16 points in a wild, 43-second sequence to trail by just two, 68-66 with 17 seconds to go. Arcadia's Stephanie Bates hit a pair of free throws with 16 seconds left for a four-point lead. Moira Donohue hit a free throw to make it 70-67 but Kim Milligan sealed the game with one of two free throws.

The Knights' Caitlin Sparks was a perfect 11-for-11 from the foul line and she finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Bates and Milligan contributed 17 points apiece in the victory.

Donohue hit five treys and finished with 25 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals for Delaware Valley. Brittany Battinieri added 17 points while Brooke Dittmar notched 11 points and seven boards in the loss.