Pitt-Bradford Advances To AMCC Semifinals For Sixth Straight Year
BRADFORD, Pa. – The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team pulled off a statement 78-42 win in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference First Round against No. 6 Mount Aloysius at the KOA Arena.
With the win, No. 3 Pitt-Bradford advances to the conference semifinals where it will face No. 2 Hilbert at La Roche.
"I was proud of our teamwork today," Head Coach Sharay Hall said. "We played a full 40 minutes of disciplined and focused basketball. We have fought to get to this point and right now, I couldn't be more proud of their effort."
Earlier this season, Mount Aloysius defeated the Panthers in both matchups and a season ago, the Panthers were knocked out of the AMCC tournament in the semifinals at the hands of the Mounties in a double-overtime heartbreaker.
Etreece Adams led all scorers with a career-high 21 points.
Jennifer Isenberg poured in 17 points, while Shaelyn Snipes dropped 14 points.
To round out the five Panthers scoring in double-figures, Shirleah Ragin scored 12 points and Latifah Cain dropped 10 points.
Cain came just an assist shy of a triple-double as she collected 11 boards and dished nine assists.
The Panther defense forced an off shooting night from the Mounties, who went 14-54 from the floor for 25.9 percent and 3-21 from deep for 14.3 percent.
The Panthers owned the glass as well, outrebounding the Mounties 53-22. Jenna Hicks collected nine boards to aid the Panther rebounding effort.
Pitt-Bradford led right from the jump – literally – as Isenberg won the tip, Cain collected it and threw it over to Snipes, who knocked down a three-pointer from the left wing just five seconds into the contest.
From there, Pitt-Bradford held Mount to just a pair of makes in the opening quarter and made eight of their own highlighted by a trio of three-pointers from Snipes to open up a 20-7 advantage heading into the second.
It was much of the same in the second, as the Panthers outscored the Mounties 20-10 in the quarter and took a hefty 40-17 lead into the half.
Struggles continued for the Mounties in the third, as they once again made just a pair of field goals and allowed 18 Panther points.
Adams went 4-4 for nine points in the third quarter and led Pitt-Bradford to a commanding 58-23 advantage heading into the final quarter.
19 points from the Mounties and 20 from the Panthers secured the 78-42 victory for Pitt-Bradford.
Mount Aloysius finishes the season 8-18 overall after earning an 8-10 AMCC record to qualify for the conference playoffs.
Pitt-Bradford takes an even 12-12 overall mark and its 10 AMCC regular-season wins to La Roche to face a Hilbert team that came out on top in both meetings and owns a conference-best 20-5 overall record.
The Hawks tied with La Roche with a 15-3 conference record but was awarded the second seed due to tiebreaker rules.
Isenberg, Snipes Earn All-AMCC Postseason Honors
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Senior Jennifer Isenberg and sophomore Shaelyn Snipes have been tabbed as All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference honorees for their performances during the 2019-18 season, conference officials announced.
Isenberg landed on the All-AMCC First Team while Snipes was awarded All-AMCC Third Team status.
"I am proud of Jen and Shaelyn," Head Coach Sharay Hall said. "It was a season of ups and downs, but in the end, I am happy the conference recognized their hard work."
For Isenberg, 2018-19 marks the second-straight season she has earned All-AMCC honors as last season she was awarded a spot on the Second Team.
The Sheffield, Pa., native led the Panthers in scoring with 14.5 points per game and in rebounding with 8.1 boards per game. Both averages were good for seventh in the AMCC.
The 2018-19 AMCC Preseason Player of the Year also finished second in the conference in blocked shots with 42 and fifth with 149 buckets made.
The forward finished the season with five double-doubles and recorded her career-best scoring performance of 33 points in a win against D'Youville on Jan. 16.
Snipes was among the top shooters in the AMCC as she finished third in the conference with 56 made three-pointers.
On Feb. 11 against Franciscan, she came one three-pointer shy of the Pitt-Bradford single-game record with seven made three's.
The Upper Marlboro, Md., native finished second on the team averaging 14 points per game and she led the Panthers with 35.6 minutes played per game.
Her 350 total points led the Panthers and she scored in double-figures in 20 of her 25 games played in 2018-19.
Pitt-Bradford finished the season 10-8 in AMCC action and 12-13 overall to finished third in the conference.
The Panthers hosted Mount Aloysius in the AMCC First Round and picked up a dominant 78-42 victory to advance to the AMCC Semifinals, where their playoff run came to a close against eventual champion Hilbert.
