Box Score
Cresson, PA - The Mount Aloysius women's basketball team made a valiant second half comeback but fell just short in a 70-63 defeat to first-place La Roche on Wednesday evening in AMCC action. 

The Mounties were down 50-30 with 3:44 to play in the third quarter before cutting the deficit with a 12-1 run to 51-40 by the end of the quarter. To start the fourth quarter, Alexia Servello hit a layup and Abby Kulick drilled a three-point shot on back-to-back Mountie possessions to make it a 51-45 game with 9:17 to go. A three-point field goal courtesy of Breana Kendrick cut the La Roche advantage to three points at 59-56 with 4:22 on the clock.

Mount Aloysius continued to battle and a free throw from Kendrick with 3:29 remaining made it 59-57 in favor of the Redhawks. However, La Roche quickly built the lead back to eight points and hung on late for the victory.

Kulick had a fantastic game off the bench with 18 points on the strength of a 5-for-5 showing from behind the arc. Kendrick scored 15 points and had four assists, while Servello finished with 14 points and six assists. Katie Bracken finished with 12 points and added five rebounds.

The Mounties drop to 4-8 overall and 2-3 in conference play with the loss. They will return to the court on Saturday with a road contest at Medaille set to begin at 1 p.m.