Women's Basketball
2008-09 Game Recaps

Wisemiller sets school record, KU defeats West Chester at Keystone Hall

Feb. 18, 2009

Kutztown (17-7, 7-4 PSAC East)          63
West Chester (16-8, 8-3 PSAC East)    60
BOXSCORE

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Rachel Wisemiller (jr. Hazleton/Hazleton) scored 19 points, including five first-half 3-pointers, to lift the Kutztown University women's basketball team over West Chester 63-60 Wednesday at Keystone Hall.

The Golden Bears opened the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East contest hitting nine 3-pointers in the first half en route to an 17-point lead.

Wisemiller's five 3s give her 68 on the season, a new KU single-season record. She has 99 for her career, fourth in KU history.

The cushion provided by the 3s was erased as West Chester (16-8, 8-3 PSAC East) cut it to 11 with the old-fashioned 3-point play at the halftime buzzer and tied it at 51 with 5:00 left.

West Chester never took the lead in the final five minutes, but the Golden Rams continued to battle back and tie the game.

KU (17-7, 7-4 PSAC East) took the lead for good when Chauntelle Schroeder (jr. Toronto, Ont./Mother Theresa) hit a mid-range jumper with 55 seconds left gave KU a 60-58 lead. Wisemiller hit two free throws 11 seconds later to make it a four-point game.

Wisemiller missed the frontend of a one-and-one attempt, but West Chester's Janelle Garber missed a layup, setting up Vivian Melvin (jr. Chichester/Chichester) with two free throws with 12 seconds left.

Melvin made one of two to make it 63-60 and a 3-pointer by Dana Weems banked off the rim as the buzzer sounded.

Melvin and Schroeder finished with nine points apiece, and Schroeder had nine rebounds.

Melissa McQuade (so. Pittsburgh/Shaler) also had nine rebounds to go with her eight points.

KU will host Shippensburg at 1 p.m. Saturday in a PSAC East contest at Keystone Hall.