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CHEYNEY, Pa. – West Chester overcame 41 turnovers to remain unbeaten in league play with a 65-54 victory over rival Cheyney in a PSAC East women’s basketball showdown inside Cope Hall Wednesday night.
With the win, West Chester (11-5, 3-0 PSAC East) has now won 36 of the last 37 contests between the crosstown rivals. Cheyney (7-5, 2-1) suffered its first loss in league play with the setback.
The Golden Rams jumped out to a 14-4 lead in the first eight minutes of the tilt, despite committing eight turnovers during that span. Within the next four minutes, that lead swelled to 25-9 as the hosts were unable to convert on West Chester’s ball-handling woes.
The Wolves got the deficit down below 10 in the final minute of the half, but still found themselves trailing, 39-27, at the break.
A 13-6 run over the first 10 minutes of the second half allowed Cheyney to crawl back into the tilt (45-40), eventually drawing to within one (51-50) with 4:21 left in the game.
Dominique Adams and Megan Stewart sank consecutive 3-pointers while Stewart nailed a pair of free throws to push the visitor’s lead back to nine and Cheyney never threatened again.
Janelle Garber led West Chester with 13 points. Adams chipped in 11 and Stewart 10 to pace the Golden Rams’ scoring effort. Dana Weems grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
Martina Randall scored a game-high 17 points for Cheyney while Lutfiyya Muhammad posted 11.
West Chester will be back in action on Saturday when the Rams travel to Mansfield for another Eastern Division tilt at 1 p.m. All the action can be heard live on 91.7 WCUR-FM as well as on the internet via Red Zone Media at www.redzonemedia.com.
