Lady Cats to Host Wheeling Jesuit in Monday Night’s First Round of WVIAC Basketball Tournament Head Coach Sasha Palmer and the #5-seeded Pitt-Johnstown Lady Cat basketball team will host #12-seeded Wheeling Jesuit (WV) University in the opening round of the 2009 WVIAC Women’s Basketball Tournament on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Sports Center. The winner advances to Wednesday’s WVIAC Quarterfinals at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, WV to take on the winner of the of the Fairmont State (WV) University-Ohio Valley (WV) University game at 1 p.m. The Lady Cats slipped to 16-11 overall and 14-6 in the WVIAC following a 66-58 loss to Shepherd (WV) University on Saturday. Monae Baker (Bushkill, Pa.) scored 19 points and pulled down a career-high 19 rebounds to lead Pitt-Johnstown. Sheena Aden (Sandy Lake, Pa.) added 15 points and Lindsay Cale (Hummelstown, Pa.) collected 11 points in the loss. With her 11 points, Cale is currently in 23rd place on the Lady Cat All-Time Scoring List with 1,103 career-points. Cale needs 32 points to tie Carol Mumma (1978-82) for 22nd place on the scoring list. Through 27 games, Cale leads four Pitt-Johnstown players scoring in double-figures at 15.8 points per game. Aden (14.8 ppg.), Andrea Dalton (Washington, Pa.) (11.6 ppg.) and Baker (10.3 ppg.) are also scoring in double-figures, while Baker paces the team in rebounding at 6.6 rebounds per game. Nationally, Cale ranks eighth in free-throw percentage and Aden is 34th in field goal percentage. As a team, the Lady Cats rank 21st in assists per game, 30th in assist-to-turnover ratio, 33rd in steals per game, 36th in field goal percentage and 41st in turnover margin.
Wheeling Jesuit, under Head Coach Joe Key (14th season), fell to 12-14 overall and 8-12 in the WVIAC following a 57-46 loss at West Liberty State (WV) College on Saturday. Nicole Izzo scored 12 points and grabbed five rebounds, while Megan Stuvek chipped in 10 points and four rebounds. Through 26 games, Shayla Holenka (11.7 ppg.) and Lindsay Stuckey (10.0 ppg.) lead the Cardinals in scoring. Stuvek leads the team in rebounding (7.1 rpg.) and is third in scoring (9.4 ppg.). In this week’s national statistics, Kim Mueller ranks 81st in steals per game. The Cardinals rank 32nd steals per game, 48th in both scoring defense and turnover margin and 71st in turnovers per game.
On Feb. 14, Pitt-Johnstown secured a 68-59 win over the Cardinals in the Sports Center. Aden scored 15 points to lead four Lady Cats who scored in double-figures. Stuckey and Holenka scored 13 and 12 points, respectively to pace Wheeling Jesuit. Last year, the Cardinals earned a 77-76 victory over the Lady Cats in the First Round of the WVIAC Tournament in the Sports Center on Feb. 25.
Follow the entire 2009 WVIAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament, including internet broadcast schedules, brackets and pairings at wviac.org.
