ALTOONA, Pa. – Emily Gawlak exploded for another impressive scoring performance but got some help from her teammates today as the Hilbert women's basketball team returned to the win column.
 
The Hawks earned an 83-65 AMCC victory over Penn State Altoona in each team's final game of the regular season before play-offs.

THE BASICS              

• Final Score:  Hilbert  83  | Penn State Altoona 65
• Location: Alder Center, Altoona, Pa 
• Records: Hilbert 19-6 (16-4 AMCC) | Penn State Altoona 14-11 (12-8)

HIGHLIGHTS

Seniors guards Emily Gawlak, and Taylor Corts and F Ashley Repine all notched double figure points.  Gawlak earned her second double-double this season pouring in 31 points along with 11 rebounds; Corts tossed in 21 points, hitting 50-percent from the 3-point line and Repine powered in 16 points along with nine rebounds.
 
Freshman F Macy Kisner earned game-high honors in rebounds (12) and assists (5) and freshman G Ashley Schroeder led all players with eight steals.
 
The Hawks connected on 53.3-percent of their shots from beyond the arc (8-of-15) which helped them secure their 16^th league victory this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
 

• Hilbert outscored the Lions in the first three quarters while allowing Altoona to make a mini-rally in the fourth session.
• Corts was the first on the scoreboard with a long-distance dial up less the 45-seconds into the game.
• Altoona knotted the game twice before they took their first and only lead in the game at 4:16. 
• The Lions extended their control to four points (11-7) two minutes later only to witness a Hilbert rally.
• Corts and Gawlak each drilled from deep and Kisner and Gawlak shared a 2-for-4 performance from the charity stripe before the start of the second quarter with Hilbert on top 15-11.
• Hilbert stretched the margin to double digits at 7:42 when Repine made a pair from 15-feet out, and continued to build to 16 points on three different trips.
• After the Lions trimmed the margin back to 10, Repine and Corts took turns beginning at 6:07 in the third quarter.  Two minutes later, Hilbert had manufactured an 8-0 run, a 59-41 lead and didn't stop there; they built a 19 point separation by the start of the final session.
• Both teams traded buckets for the most part in the last ten minutes until Schroeder knocked in a pair at the foul line with :08 for a 20-point margin.

GAME NOTES

• The Hawks had their best shooting performance in the third quarter when they hit 10-of-15 from the floor and made 3-of-5 beyond the arc.  They closed the game with a 46.6-percent performance from the field, yet sank only 21-of-30 at the foul line.
• Hilbert dominated the glass building a 47-33 advantage.

WHAT'S NEXT

Hilbert is set for their fourth consecutive AMCC postseason appearance next weekend. 

#2 Hilbert will square off Friday, February 28 (8:30 pm) against the winner of the #3 D'Youville vs #6 Penn State Altoona First Round game.  #1 La Roche University will host the Championship Weekend in Pittsburgh and they will face the winner of the #4 Pitt-Greensburg vs #5 Penn State Behrend  First Round game. 

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