Women's Basketball: Bethany's Late Comeback Falls Short to Geneva

Beaver Falls, Pa. – After trailing by as many as 21 points, the Bethany College women's basketball team comeback fell short to the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes. The Golden Tornadoes outlasted the Bison, 80-75 inside Metheny Fieldhouse Tuesday evening.   

GAME FLOW

• Geneva took advantage of Bethany's turnovers and cold shooting to take an 11-0 lead to begin the game.
• Sophomore Makenzee Mason broke the Golden Tornado run hitting 1-of-2 from the charity stripe with 5:42 to go in the first. 
• Kelsie Meintel gave Bethany their first field-goal of the game at the 4:44 mark in the first quarter.
• Geneva built a commanding lead, leading 26-11 after one quarter of play.
• The Golden Tornadoes continued their hot shooting streak into the second quarter building their lead up to 21 points with 7:34 to go in the second quarter.
• The Bison chipped away at the lead outscoring the Golden Tornadoes 23-9 heading into halftime trailing 45-38.
• Geneva took a nine point lead after scoring the first bucket of the third quarter.
• Freshman Ashleigh Wheeler hit an old-fashion three point play to cut the Golden Tornado lead to seven with 8:24 to go in the third stanza.
• Geneva led by as many as 14 points in the third quarter.
• Freshman Lindsey Garrison cut the Geneva lead to 61-54 with under a minute to go.
• Geneva led 65-54 after three.
• Sophomore Makenzee Mason scored the first bucket in the fourth for the Bison to cut the Geneva lead to 65-56.  Buckets from downtown by Garrison and Wheeler put the Bison within three, 65-62.
• The Bison started the fourth quarter on a 10-2 run. Garrison hit a pair of free throws to bring the Bison within one with 6:46 to go in the game. The Golden Tornadoes answered with a three moments later and pulled back ahead four, 70-66.
• With four minutes left in the game, the Bison went on a 7-0 run to cut the lead to two, 75-73 after Alexis Heap made a driving layup with 2:16 to go.
• After Geneva took a three point lead, Heap brought the Bison within one, 76-75 with 1:22 to go in the game. Geneva finished the game on a 5-0 run to seal the victory.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Freshman Lindsey Garrison led the Bison with 21 points (4-for-12 from three).
• Junior Alexis Heap had 15 points.
• Sophomore Makenzee Mason finished with a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. She had six offensive rebounds.
• Senior Kelsie Meintel had 12 points and seven rebounds.
• Freshman Ashleigh Wheeler added 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals.
• Senior Courtney Walker had a team high five steals and senior Taylor Stinnett had two blocks.

UP NEXT 

The Bethany Bison return to Hummel Field House Thursday, January 20 when they host the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets in a PAC contest beginning at 5:30 pm.