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Occidental College

Women's Basketball

Tigers Fall in Senior Night Showdown

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Feb 20, 2007) - Tuesday night's home finale was everything it should have been: a high-intensity game between two quality teams battling for the SCIAC title.   La Verne hit seven of eight free throws in the final 47 seconds and ten of 13 in the last three minutes to pull out a 78-68 victory, clinching its first SCIAC title since 2002-03.

Occidental, now 15-9 overall, slipped to third place in the league standings with Redlands and will wrap up the season Thursday at Whittier College.   Game time is 5:00pm at Graham Activities Center.   La Verne (18-6, 11-2) earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship.

The Tigers had no answer for La Verne's Trenecca Jones, who scored 37 points with 15 rebounds.  Jones went nine of 15 from the floor and 18 of 20 from the free throw line in the game.   La Verne led 65-55 with 5:36 remaining and 71-63 with just over two minutes left.  

Dior Williams '10 cut the deficit to six on a put-back moments later and Laura Mohler '10 hit a pull-up jumper to bring the Tigers within three with 1:14 remaining.

Occidental misfired on seven attempts in the next fifty seconds, including a heart-rending three-pointer from Stacie Roshon '08 that seemed to go halfway down before rimming out.   Emily Carrillo made four of four free throw attempts and Jones hit three of four to help La Verne seal the win.

Amelia Abernathy '10 was a force in her last game at Rush Gym, scoring 16 points with 12 rebounds and three assists.   
Roshon drained five three-pointers to finish with 19 points while Williams added 14 with four assists.   Jessica Cross '10 collected ten points and 14 rebounds, ten on the offensive glass.  The Tigers out-rebounded La Verne 51-34.

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Players Mentioned

Amelia Abernathy

#31 Amelia Abernathy

Center
6' 0"
Senior
Dior Williams

#5 Dior Williams

Guard
5' 0"
First Year
Laura Mohler

#2 Laura Mohler

Point Guard
5' 0"
First Year
Stacie Roshon

#21 Stacie Roshon

Guard
5' 0"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Amelia Abernathy

#31 Amelia Abernathy

6' 0"
Senior
Center
Dior Williams

#5 Dior Williams

5' 0"
First Year
Guard
Laura Mohler

#2 Laura Mohler

5' 0"
First Year
Point Guard
Stacie Roshon

#21 Stacie Roshon

5' 0"
Junior
Guard