• Final Score: Gannon 62, Clarion 53
• Records: Gannon (9-9, 5-6 PSAC) | Clarion (7-9, 1-9 PSAC)
• Location: Hammermill Center – Erie, Pa. (Pink Zone Doubleheader)

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• After winter weather pushed the game to Monday afternoon, both teams shook off the rust from a shaky first half to deliver in the final 20 minutes. A jumper from Clarion's Taylor Moltz brought the visitors to within one point (46-45) with 5:27 left in the game, but the Lady Knights took control from there by responding with a quick 7-0 run for a 53-45 lead. A block from Chelsea Rourke (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) jumpstarted the Gannon scoring run and Nicole LaCava (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory) converted an and-one opportunity on the other end as Gannon took the lead for good with 4:29 left in the divisional matchup.

• Clarion opened the scoring with the first two buckets of the afternoon, with Yasmin Lewis and Kadijah Dickson handing the visitors a 4-0 lead. Rourke responded on the other end by drawing a foul on a fastbreak layup with 6:33 showing on the first quarter clock to bring Gannon to within 4-3.
• Rourke pushed Gannon ahead with another fastbreak layup with 5:00 minutes left in the frame and Sydney Mitchell (Halethorpe, Md./Seton Keough) extended the edge to four (10-6) with a three from Aiora Rivas (Ibiza, Spain/IES CTEIB). Clarion rallied back to take an 11-10 lead but Tori Obenrader (Fryburg, Pa./North Clarion) converted inside off a crisp pass from Boston McKinney (Bolivar, Ohio/Tuscarawas Valley) to hand the lead back to the Lady Knights at 12-11 with 1:49 left in the first quarter.
• Lewis scored the first hoop of the second quarter with 8:10 left in the opening half as Clarion surged ahead by five (17-12) before Ivana Twumasi (Jane and Finch, Ontario/Central Tech) lined up a three from the left wing as Gannon trailed by just two. Off a Clarion turnover, Gannon maintained its hot shooting from beyond the arc with a three from Obenrader at 5:58, making the score 18-17 in favor of the Lady Knights.
• Lauren Tewes (Waterford, Mich./Waterford Kettering) notched two foul shots, ultimately proving to be the final points of the half for Gannon at 5:15 in the second quarter until Twumasi converted a pair from the charity stripe with 12 seconds remaining in the half. Clarion held a narrow 23-22 lead heading into the halftime locker room.
• LaCava opened the second half with a layup just eight seconds in, as Gannon began to assert its dominance inside against a short-handed Clarion squad hampered by foul trouble. Rourke drilled a trey ball at 8:25 to keep Gannon in front and another three at 5:54 ballooned the Gannon lead to eight at 34-26.
• Clarion trimmed its deficit to just three (34-31) with back-to-back buckets but a McKinney steal and lead pass ahead to Rourke led to a timely fastbreak hoop at 4:33 in the third. McKinney also hit two foul shots with 11 seconds remaining in the frame to hand Gannon a 42-39 lead heading into the fourth.
• Rourke continued her stellar play to begin the fourth with a jumper just 28 seconds in and Lauren Tewes (Waterford, Mich./Waterford Kettering) handed Gannon a 46-43 lead with a shot at the seven minute mark of the fourth as Gannon led 46-43.
• Moltz brought Clarion to within one with a jump shot at 5:27 in the fourth but Gannon used its defense to carry its offense. Rourke blocked a shot, was of four on the afternoon, and Gannon was off and running as L. Tewes worked it inside to a posted LaCava for an old fashioned three-point play. The Lady Knights were strong at the foul line the rest of the way and maintained the lead the rest of the way.

• Head coach Jim Brunelli earned his 100^th career victory as the head coach of the Lady Knights.
• Cancer survivors were recognized in a pregame ceremony as part of the Pink Zone festivities at the Hammermill Center.
• Gannon gets back to the .500 mark on the season following its third consecutive win.
• Kadijah Dickson posted her fifth double-double of the season, scoring 16 points and pulling down a game-high 12 boards.
• Gannon scored 42 points in the second half in the comeback victory after notching just 22 in the opening two quarters. The Lady Knights shot 48% from the floor as a team in the second half and posted 20 points in both the third and fourth quarters.
• The Lady Knights went 19-of-20 from the charity stripe, with their only miss coming with just 31 seconds left in the game.
• Rourke had another all-around effort for Gannon with a game-high 17 points. She added six rebounds, four blocks and a steal in 36 minutes.
• Mitchell also stuffed the stat sheet across the board, with six points, seven rebounds, seven assists and two steals in 36 minutes. Here seven assists are the third most in a game this season for Mitchell and just two shy of a career-high.
• Today's rescheduled game was one of six in the PSAC to take place on Monday, while two other league contests were held on Friday.
• Gannon and Clarion entered Monday's matchup as two of the lowest scoring teams in the league, ranking 14^th and 15^th overall in scoring offense. Among 17 schools, only Kutztown or Mansfield score less on average in the PSAC.
• Both teams entered Monday stout on the defensive end, ranking third (Clarion; 60.5 ppg) and sixth (Gannon; 64.8 ppg) in the league in scoring defense.

• Gannon will complete a short turnaround following today's rescheduled game, facing off with nearby Mercyhurst for its second game in a three day span. The contest is the first of two Porreco Pride of Erie Games and takes place at the Mercyhurst Athletic Center.
• Live video, live audio and live stats will be provided for the 5:30 p.m. tipoff.

WBB: Breast cancer survivor walk prior to the ceremonial tip ???? pic.twitter.com/57LDeKzGVk

— Gannon Athletics (@GUKnights) January 21, 2019

With that 62-53 victory over Clarion, Gannon women's basketball coach Jim Brunelli earned his 100th victory at the helm of the Lady Knights. Congrats to Coach Brunelli!#UKnighted pic.twitter.com/YztzacTVv8

— Gannon Athletics (@GUKnights) January 21, 2019