Box Score SALISBURY, MD – The Spartan women's basketball team had their offense go cold at the wrong time as their season came to a close with a 67-48 defeat at the hands of Salisbury in the CAC tournament opening round.
RECORDS
Salisbury: 16-9, 8-6
York (Pa.): 11-15, 6-8
TEAM STATS
FG Shooting (%): York 16-for-52 (30.8%), SAL 30-for-65 (46.2%)
Three Point Shooting (%): York 2-for-14 (14.3%), SAL 5-for-11 (45.5%)
Free Throw Shooting (%): York 14-for-20 (70%), SAL 2-for-5 (40%)
Rebounding: York 30, SAL 46
Assists: York 6, SAL 13
Turnovers: York 13, SAL 15
Blocked Shots: York 3, SAL 7
Steals: York 10, SAL 7
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
• The Spartans got a pair of early layups from Katie McGowan but were then held scoreless for almost six consecutive minutes to stop an 11-0 run from the Gulls. Salisbury gave York a healthy dose of Megan Konig as she poured in nine of her game-high 19 points in the opening frame.
• The offensive struggles continued in the second as York was held without a field goal for the first 6:36 of the period before a pair of Victoria Varner jumpers, including a three-pointer, got the Spartans to within single digits. York trailed by just 9 at the half despite shooting 7-for-22 from the floor.
• The Sea Gulls opened the second half on a 12-2 run over the first 5:59 before Alana Bortner once again stopped the bleeding for the Spartans although York was now in a 17-point hole. York just could not get any easy looks and shot just 30% in the final two quarters and were unable to close the gap, eventually falling to Salisbury 67-48.
SPARTAN LEADERS
Katie McGowan: 17 points, 8 rebounds
Victoria Varner: 10 points
SEA GULL LEADERS
Megan Konig: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks
Kaylyn French: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals
Kaylee Otlowski: 11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals
GAME NOTES
The Spartans are now 23-34 all time against the Sea Gulls and 10-17 in Salisbury … the loss drops the Spartans below .500 in CAC tournament play with a 26-27 record and are now 19-7 in the opening round … York is now 4-3 all-time against Salisbury in the conference tournament … this was just the third time all season the Spartans were held under 50 points, but the second time in the last three games … the Spartans two made three-pointers are tied for the fewest makes in a game this year with the last occurrence also coming at Salisbury back on January 16 … York had been cold shooting in the month of February scoring only 58.7 points per game for the month, a low of any month, while also shooting a season-low 34.5% from the floor and 24.2% from beyond-the-arc … senior Katie McGowan finishes her Spartan career with 1,076 points putting her 16th on the all-time scoring list … she scored in double figures 23 times this year including 15 straight to end her career … Debria Hendricks graduates with 207 career assists ranking her 18thon the all-time list … Logynn Fuller finishes her career with 65 made three-pointers putting her tied for 16thin program history … Victoria Varner finishes her career for the Green and White shooting 31.4% from deep, good for 17thall-time … sophomore Kayla Ferris has accumulated 118 steals in the first two years of her career and is already just outside the top-20 list in program history for career steals … York finished the season on a four-game losing skid.
UP NEXT
The Spartans 2018-19 season has concluded and York will say goodbye to four seniors. Katie McGowan, Victoria Varner, Debria Hendricks, and Logynn Fuller graduate after accumulating 67 total victories and 43 CAC wins in their four-year careers.
