2008 Woodie Awards
Women's basketball ravaged on road
Rock suffers back-to-back blowout losses
By Josh Rizzo
Rocket Contributor
Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: Sports
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That is, until last weekend.
After building up a 3-1 record, the Rock women (3-3) had to travel to West Chester and Millersville for Pennsylvania State Athletic crossover games.
Both teams were unbeaten entering their match-ups with the Rock.
The Rock had not played a road game entering the weekend.
A combination of inexperience and turnovers led to two blowout losses, a 71-53 defeat at the hands of WCU and a 72-45 loss to Millersville.
"We weren't ready to play," senior forward KellyAnn Staudinger said. "It is simple as that. We started slow and Millersville and West Chester took advantage of it."
"They were prepared for us, and we just weren't ready for them."
Coach Laurel Heilman saw her team's weekend performances as a considerable step backward.
"We got in a big hole right away in both games and had to work back into the game," Heilman said. "We threw it all over the gym and need to work on taking care of the ball."
The Rock will also have lost senior guard Chere' Marshall, who broke her wrist during the team's first practice after Thanksgiving break.
Last week, she had a cast put on her shooting hand and will be out for six to eight weeks.
The loss will have a major impact on the team, Heilman said.
"Marshall has the best grasp of the game out of anyone on the team," Heilman said. "She is a confident player and our best ball handler."
The loss of Marshall, who was averaging 10 points and five rebounds a game, leaves a big scoring gap for the Rock.
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