Ladies look to rebound against East-leading Golden Rams

P.S.A.C. East Women’s Basketball
2/18/2009 Keystone Hall
West Chester Golden Rams (16-7, 8-2) @ Kutztown Golden Bears (16-7, 6-4)
Radio: Golden Bear Network - Mike Clay/Jimmie Johnson

The Golden Bears come into the game at 16-7 overall this season, which includes a 6-4 record in the P.S.A.C. East. Despite their impressive overall record, Kutztown has actually lost 2 games in a row and 3 of its last 4. The Golden Bears latest action was a heartbreaking 73-69 loss at Millersville on Saturday.

Despite the loss to Millersville, Kutztown was bailed out by virtue of three other PSAC East upsets on Saturday. West Chester, Cheyney, and Shippensburg were all upended, which has made the PSAC East race the tightest it’s been since the early stages of divisional play with just 4 games left to play.

PSAC East Standings:
1. West Chester 8-2
2. Millersville 7-3
3. Kutztown 6-4
4. Cheyney 6-4
5. Shippensburg 5-5
6. ESU 4-6
7. Mansfield 3-7
8. Bloomsburg 1-9 (Eliminated)

The Golden Rams come into this game with the exact same overall record as Kutztown at 16-7, but the Golden Rams, as mentioned, are two games better in divisional play at 8-2. They are coming off a trip to Bloomsburg on Saturday where they were upset 63-61 by the formerly-winless Huskies.

These teams met for the first time this season back on Jan. 28 at West Chester. Led by 17-plus points from Katie Dovey, Rachel Wisemiller, and Melissa McQuade, the Golden Bears erased a double-digit second half deficit en route to a 67-60 victory.

Probable Starters:
WCU:
Sr - F- #12 – Dana Weems
Jr - F- # 25 – Janelle Garber
Fr – G- # 3 – Allison Hostetter
So - G- # 13 – Megan Stewart
So - G- # 32 – Dominique Adams

West Chester is coached by Deirdre Kane and she is assisted by Kiera Wooden.

Kutztown:
Jr - C- # 33 – Chauntelle Schroeder
So - F- # 23 – Melissa McQuade
Jr – F - # 32 – Katie Dovey
Jr - G- # 11 – Rachel Wisemiller
So - G- # 13 – Meredith Starr

Kutztown is coached by Janet Malouf and the assistant coach is Steve Hahn.