Box Score Valparaiso, Ind. -- Valparaiso
shot 53.3 percent and got 21 points from Lauren Kenney as the
Crusaders celebrated its Pink Zone game with an 80-28 win over
Youngstown State on Saturday at the Athletics-Recreation Center.
Valpo's Lauren Kenney scored 21 points, made
10-of-13 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds in 18 minutes to
lead all scorers. Laura Richards added 11 points on 5-for-6
shooting.
Brandi Brown
scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead YSU.
Valpo made 32-of-60 from the field and 13-of-15
from the free-throw line. YSU was 9-for-54, including 0-for-9 from
3-point range, and 10-for-14 from the free-throw line.
Brown hit two free throws out of a media
timeout to make the score 9-4 in the first half, but Valparaiso
scored the next 11 points and led 20-4 when Kenney completed a
three-point play with 12:37 on the clock. The Crusaders went up by
more than 20 for the first time when Kenney made a lay-up for her
13th point of the half at the 5:18 mark.
Kaitlyn
March hit a jumper to make the score 31-12, but Valpo scored
the next seven points and held a 40-16 lead at the end of the half.
Valpo sank nine of its first 17 shots while YSU
started 2-for-17 as the Crusaders played zone for most of the half.
The Crusaders finished 17-for-35 in the first half while YSU was
7-for-30. Brown and Jenkins had six points apiece to lead YSU.
Early in the second half, the Penguins scored
four straight points to get the deficit to 42-20 in just over a
minute into the second half, but Valpo scored the next 22 points in
just over six minutes to go up 64-20.
YSU will play its next three games at home,
starting with a contest against Cleveland State on Feb. 20. Tip-off
against the Vikings is set for 2:05 p.m.