Box Score

Langhorne, PA - Just a week after earning their first win of the season, Cairn University's women's basketball were at their winning ways again. Last Wednesday, the Highlanders overpowered Notre Dame of Maryland 77-34. On this Wednesday night, the Highlanders were busy suffocating the Falcons of Cedar Crest College.

Earlier in the season, Cedar Crest defeated the Highlander 60-53 in Allentown, PA. On that night, the Falcons shot 40% from the floor. In a complete turnaround in fortunes, the Highlander's defense forced Cedar Crest into shooting only 15% in this latest game. The Falcons made only one shot in the entire first half, leading to a dominant 25-3 Cairn lead at halftime. The Falcons shot 1 for 32, for a 3.1% shooting percentage.  

The second stanza saw the Highlanders scored 31 points and conceded 21, largely due to the Falcons shooting percentage jumping from 3.1% to 28.6% resulting in a 54-26 victory for the Highlanders.

The Highlanders dominated the post play outrebounding the Falcons 52-29.
Hannah McCardle lead the Highlanders with 23 points shooting 50% from the field. The is the third game in a row she scored at least 23 points, averaging 26 points per game in that span.  Hannah missed tying her career high of 16 rebounds by 1 against the Falcons leading the Highlanders in rebounds with 15, followed by Erin Greenwood with 11.  Amie Eppolito lead the Highlanders with 8 total assists, which ties her season and career high previously against Notre Dame of Maryland.  Haley Weber also contributed 15 points to help the Highlanders earn the victory.

Amber Wehry lead the Falcons in scoring with 13 points as the only players to reach double digits. When the two teams played on December 5th, the Falcons had four players reach double digits.

The victory improves Cairns record to 2-19, and 2-12 in the CSAC Conference.  Cairn returns to the court on Saturday February 9th at 2pm against long time rival Baptist Bible College.