Women's Basketball: Cold Shooting; Lack of Rebounding Sinks Bison in Loss to Cougars

Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Chatham University Cougars used a strong third quarter to defeat the Bethany College Bison, 67-38 Saturday afternoon.

GAME FLOW

• Bethany and Chatham struggled to find the basket in their first possessions.
• Chatham struck first with Bethany answering moments later off of a Makenzee Mason driving layup. Minutes went by before the next basket with Chatham taking a 4-2 lead.  The Cougars pulled ahead 7-2.
• The Bison used a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to one, 11-10.
• Chatham led 13-10 after the first stanza.
• Lindsey Garrison knotted the game at 13-13 to start the second quarter. Bethany regained the lead after a Wheeler three, 21-19.
• Chatham took a 24-21 lead into the half.
• Bethany struggled to stop the Cougar offense in the second half. The Cougars pulled ahead double-digits and never looked back.
• The Bison were outscored 43-17 in the second half.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Ashleigh Wheeler led the Bison with 10 points.
• Makenzee Mason and Bella Skobel added nine points apiece.
• The Bison shot a cold 27.1 from the field. 
• The Cougars outrebounded the Bison 41-27. The Cougars scored 14 second chance points. 

UP NEXT 

The Bethany Bison return to action on Monday, February 14 against Geneva College inside Hummel Field House at 7:30 pm.