DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – The Delaware Valley women's basketball team stood just one bucket away from tying the Rowan Profs with 3:44 to play in the game but struggled to regain its momentum in the final minutes dropping the contest 60-52 on Monday afternoon.
Trailing by six to start the game,
Alexis Wright led the eight-point comeback with six over a three-minute span to even the score at eight apiece. DelVal held the Profs scoreless for a minute leaving
Aubrey Ennis time to secure the layup to put the Aggies in the lead, 10-8.
Haley Keenan sunk two buckets in the final 36 seconds to maintain DelVal's advantage at the end of the first quarter, 14-11.
The second frame continued to be a tight battle with nearly two minutes passing before the first score of the game from
Jayla Rivera to extend the Aggies' lead to five, 16-11. The Profs mounted a comeback cutting the deficit to one score twice, but Rivera and Keenan kept the Aggies ahead by four, 22-18, with 4:05 left in the half. Rowan mounted a 9-2 run through the rest of the frame to take a three-point lead into the half, 27-24.
DelVal cut the deficit to one twice in first two minutes before shifting the lead in its favor, 30-29. Rowan wasted no time changing the tides with a 9-2 run to pull ahead by six points, 38-32. Wright sank a three ball with 3:47 on the clock to make it single-score game for the Aggies yet again, 40-38. The Profs held the 6-2 edge through the rest of the frame to head into the final 10 minutes of play with a six-point lead, 46-40.
Rowan started the fourth quarter strong converting the long ball, but the Aggies wasted no time putting together an 8-3 response highlighted by 100% shooting from
Ciana Feliciano and
Aubrey Ennis making it a single-score game yet again, 52-50, with 3:44 on the clock. DelVal stepped up defensively holding the Profs scoreless for nearly two minutes, but Rowan ended the game with an 8-2 run to end the game, 60-52.
Keenan and Wright led the Aggies in the contest, both recording double-doubles. Keenan put up 17 points and 15 boards while Wright tallied an identical 17 points but 11 boards. Keenan also led DelVal in steals with four.
The Aggies return to action on Wednesday, Jan. 8 for their first MAC Freedom contest of the season at Misericordia set for a 5 p.m. tipoff.
