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KC Tops HC Women's Basketball Team

Release Date:
December 11, 2004
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Saturday, December 11, 2004

 

HAMBURG, NY – Keuka College raced to a 31-16 halftime lead en route to a 65-31 win over Hilbert College in NCAA Division III women’s basketball action on Saturday.  The loss drops the Hawks to 2-4 overall. 

 

The visiting Storm forced 26 Hilbert turnovers and held the Hawks to a chilly 18% from the field, including zero for seven from behind the arc.  Keuka was paced by Kristen Ploettner’s 13 points while Lindsey Baker chipped in with 11 for the winners.

 

The Hawks got 13 points and 15 rebounds out of freshmen Amanda McHale (Bradford, PA/Archbishop Walsh) in the losing effort.

 

Hilbert College returns to action on Wednesday, December 15th when the Hawks play host to Clarkson University at 5:00 PM.


Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college’s first graduate programs, one a master’s in criminal justice administration and the other a master’s in public administration, and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.