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How far do the rebuilding PUC women have to climb up the mountain to be a contender in the conference? The test came against conference dominator Cardinal Stitch on Saturday.
Conference leader Cardinal Stitch buried 19 3-pointers as they routed PUC 101-71 on Senior Day at the REC Center.
An energized PUC squad led 30-28 midway through the first half after junior guard Nicole Enright's bucket. Cardinal Stritch (24-4, 10-0 CCAC) then settled down and led an 11-0 run taking advantage of PUC's turnovers.
PUC (7-23, 3-7) rallied late in the first half and went into the break only down seven points, 46-39.
The Peregrines hot shooting kept them in the game early after shooting 52 percent in the first half before the onslaught of Cardinal Stritch 3-pointers in the second half.
"We didn't give up the points in the point which was a big goal for us," PUC coach Tom Megyesi said. "However, they were very hot from the perimeter, and it's hard to defend with shooters like that - and they had more than one person stroking it."
The Wolves from Milwaukee connected on 11 second half treys (leading to 55 points), connecting on 19-of-31 from the behind the arc for the game.
"We knew their zone would give us some open looks," Cardinal Stritch Rich Panella said. "We are kind of a 3-point shooting team - you live by it and die by it - and today it happened to be going in."
Cardinal Stritch finished the season averaging more than 75 points per game and put the finishing touches on a perfect conference record.
"We had the conference wrapped up, but I think this is an attribute to our team," Panella said. "We went through the conference season undefeated - it's hard at any conference to go undefeated. Our seniors are 33-1 in four years in conference."
Senior Linsey Smith had game-high scoring honors after tallying 19 points. Smith and fellow co-captain Shannon Dugan were honored before the game as part of Senior Day ceremonies.
Enright was 6-of-9 from the field and finished the game with 17 points. Freshman forward Chrissy Lobodinski pulled down 12 boards in the loss.
Conference leader Cardinal Stitch buried 19 3-pointers as they routed PUC 101-71 on Senior Day at the REC Center.
An energized PUC squad led 30-28 midway through the first half after junior guard Nicole Enright's bucket. Cardinal Stritch (24-4, 10-0 CCAC) then settled down and led an 11-0 run taking advantage of PUC's turnovers.
PUC (7-23, 3-7) rallied late in the first half and went into the break only down seven points, 46-39.
The Peregrines hot shooting kept them in the game early after shooting 52 percent in the first half before the onslaught of Cardinal Stritch 3-pointers in the second half.
"We didn't give up the points in the point which was a big goal for us," PUC coach Tom Megyesi said. "However, they were very hot from the perimeter, and it's hard to defend with shooters like that - and they had more than one person stroking it."
The Wolves from Milwaukee connected on 11 second half treys (leading to 55 points), connecting on 19-of-31 from the behind the arc for the game.
"We knew their zone would give us some open looks," Cardinal Stritch Rich Panella said. "We are kind of a 3-point shooting team - you live by it and die by it - and today it happened to be going in."
Cardinal Stritch finished the season averaging more than 75 points per game and put the finishing touches on a perfect conference record.
"We had the conference wrapped up, but I think this is an attribute to our team," Panella said. "We went through the conference season undefeated - it's hard at any conference to go undefeated. Our seniors are 33-1 in four years in conference."
Senior Linsey Smith had game-high scoring honors after tallying 19 points. Smith and fellow co-captain Shannon Dugan were honored before the game as part of Senior Day ceremonies.
Enright was 6-of-9 from the field and finished the game with 17 points. Freshman forward Chrissy Lobodinski pulled down 12 boards in the loss.
Published in the PUC Chronicle on Feb. 25, 2008
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