Box Score BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Brittany Sicinski (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) posted 24 points, but California (Pa.) pulled away late in the contest to capture the 2015 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Women's Basketball championship, 86-70, inside Nelson Field House Sunday afternoon.
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West Chester (24-5) will await the NCAA Division II Selection Show Sunday night at 10 p.m. to find out when and where its season will continue. It will have to be an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. However, the Golden Rams' win over Indiana (Pa.) in the semifinals on Saturday all but guaranteed WCU a spot. Cal (26-4) gets the conference's automatic bid with its victory Sunday.
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Cal's Miki Glenn was named the tournament's most valuable player. She had 30 points in Sunday's win while Emma Mahady contributed 21 for the Vulcans.
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Cal made 33 of 35 free throws in the game. West Chester, which lived on the 3-point shot in the semifinals 24 hours earlier, hit just one of 11 attempts in the game and committed 17 turnovers.
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The Golden Rams trailed by seven at halftime, and got within three points on a number of occasions in the second half. However, West Chester was held scoreless during a 2:20 span late in the game that let Cal extend a five-point lead (69-64) to 14 (78-64) and put the game away.
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Anna Kuntz (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) scored 17 points, and
Serifat Junaid (Chesilhurst, N.J./Camden Catholic) added 10.
Chikisha Steele-Hook (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Twp.) had 10 rebounds.
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