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WBB
56
Bethany BET 8-10, 5-6
62
Winner Geneva GEN 5-13, 2-9
Bethany BET
8-10, 5-6
56
Final
62
Geneva GEN
5-13, 2-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Bethany BET 13 17 18 8 56
Geneva GEN 12 12 15 23 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Ford Leads Geneva to Win Over Bethany

Beaver Falls, PA—After a pair of rough games last week where it dropped both contests by double digits, the Geneva College women's basketball team was in need of a good performance on Wednesday night.  Bethany College came to town, a team going in the opposite direction after winning its last two games. However, each team's momentum would change as the Golden Tornadoes, led by junior Callie Ford, found a way to come back late for the victory, 62-56.  Geneva got the much needed win to improve its record to 5-13 overall, 2-9 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), while Bethany fell to 8-10 overall, 5-6 in the PAC.

Bethany jumped out to an early 6-2 lead, but Geneva battled back to take its biggest lead of the first half, 12-7, after freshman Alexis Gates hit back to back 3-pointers.  Bethany responded by scoring the next ten points, and the Bison continued to extend the lead out, eventually going ahead by double digits, 30-20, with 1:20 remaining in the first half.  Junior Noelle Henry, though, scored four quick points in the final minute to close the gap to 30-24 at halftime.  Gates led the offense with eight points in the half.

Geneva carried that momentum into the second half, and after back to back layups from Ford midway through the third quarter, the Golden Tornadoes had closed to within 33-31.  From there Bethany answered with an 11-2 run to take its biggest lead of the game, 44-33.  A layup by freshman Lauren Tipton at the end of the third quarter got Geneva going again, and the Golden Tornadoes carried that momentum into the fourth quarter by scoring the first eight points to close to within one point, 48-47.  After a Bethany score, Henry hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 50-50.  Bethany scored again on its next possession, but Henry responded by hitting another 3-pointer to give Geneva a 53-52 lead with 4:07 remaining, its first lead since the first quarter.  The lead then changed hands five times over the final four minutes before Ford scored the last seven points of the game to lead Geneva to a come-from-behind 62-56 victory.

"Tonight was a great win for us," an excited Head Coach Lori Wynn said after the game.  "We really fought hard and really persevered tonight.  I'm so proud of the way different players stepped up at different times!"

Ford led the way with 22 points, though she struggled from 3-point range, missing her first six shots from deep.  But she made her last one with 1:18 remaining to give Geneva a lead it would not relinquish.  Henry gave the team a huge boost off the bench, scoring 12 points on 5-8 shooting.  Geneva held Bethany to only 34% shooting.  The Bison were led by senior Kelsea Daugherty who finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds.

Geneva travels next to take on Saint Vincent this Saturday for a 4:00 p.m. tipoff.  The Golden Tornadoes return home next Wednesday, January 31, for a game against Thiel at 5:30 p.m.


Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 80 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, Adult Degree Programs with fully online and classroom options, and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. U.S. News & World Report ranks Geneva as a Top Three Best Value Regional University with one of the Top 100 engineering programs in the nation. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world.
 
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