PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Senior Emily Garvin hit 1,000 career collegiate points for the Geneva College women's basketball team in its loss at Chatham on Saturday afternoon.  The milestone was the highlight for the Golden Tornadoes in a game that saw Chatham pull away in the second half for a 77-58 victory.  The women saw their two-game winning streak come to an end and are now 8-15 overall, 5-9 in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play.

Garvin has had a standout two seasons at Geneva after opening her career at Grove City before transferring and being forced to sit out her sophomore season due to a PAC transfer rule that has since been eliminated.  Including her freshman season at Grove City in which she scored 102 points, the senior needed just 12 points to hit the 1,000-point mark, and she did that late in Saturday's contest.

 The women got off to a good start in the game.  Junior Aizlyn Thompson opened the game with a three-pointer, and another three-pointer from freshman Regan Kerr gave the Golden Tornadoes a 6-2 lead midway through the first quarter as both teams struggled to generate much offense.  Geneva managed to hold on for an 11-10 edge at the end of the first quarter.

Chatham had the better of the play early in the second quarter, pulling ahead 20-14 three minutes into the period before Geneva rallied.  Back-to-back three-pointers from Thompson and freshman Ava Sellers, along with two free throws from Garvin, gave the women a 28-27 lead before a Chatham bucket in the closing seconds gave the Cougars a 29-28 lead going into halftime.

Two more early three-pointers from Thompson in the third quarter gave Geneva a 34-31 edge, and a layup from senior Anna Ulmer with four minutes left in the period maintained that margin, 40-37.  However, Chatham finished the quarter with a big run, scoring 12 straight points before another three-pointer from Sellers finished off the period with Chatham leading 51-43.

The Cougars opened the fourth quarter with 15 straight points to put the game away, and the only question left was whether Garvin would hit the 1,000-point mark.  She did that with an offensive stick-back with five minutes remaining as Chatham eventually finished off the game, 77-58.

Garvin had another strong game, finishing with 12 points, 10 assists and six rebounds to achieve the career milestone.  Thompson also finished with 12 points on four three-pointers, while Ulmer chipped in with ten points.  Sellers notched a career-high nine points on 3-of-5 shooting from deep.  As a team, Geneva shot 21-of-59 (35.6%) from the floor, 11-of-33 (33.3%) from long range.

Hannah Chenault and Madison Nereu did most of the damage for the Cougars, finishing with 24 and 23 points, respectively.  Chatham shot 27-of-64 (42.2%) from the floor, 8-of-23 (34.8%) from deep.

The women head into the final week of the regular in the fourth and final playoff spot in the North Division, with two huge games left.  The Golden Tornadoes play at Hiram on Wednesday, the team right behind Geneva in the standings, and then finish with a home game against Westminster on Saturday, the team right in front of the women in the standings.