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Come Back Rally Comes Up Short for Women's Basketball

Release Date:
January 8, 2011
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Hamburg, NY – Christine Conrad scored seven of Franciscan University’s last eight points sealing the visitor’s first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference victory against  Hilbert College (59-56) January 8. Hilbert’s Magan Campbell (Buffalo, NY/Bennett/ECC) led all scorers with 22 points, making one more foul shot than Conrad (21 points). The taller Barons (2-8, 1-4) out-rebounded the Hawks (51-38) and grabbed 30 offensive boards but finished the game shooting only 25% from the floor. Even though Hilbert (1-10, 0-5) went 18 for 32 from the foul line for the game, they  made four in a row to end the game, but their comeback rally fell short. Hilbert’s Julie Bossard (Arkport, NY/Canisteo-Greenwood) earned another double-double with 17 points, 11 rebounds and blocked 3 shots. 

The Hawks will have to regroup overnight before their home game Sunday, January 9 against Penn State Altoona at 1 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.