HOUGHTON, N.Y. – Maisie Pipher (Lowman, NY, Twin Tiers Christian) posted season highs in both points and rebounds to lead the Houghton Highlanders past the D'Youville Spartans, 72-57, on Saturday afternoon.  The Highlanders scored the game's first basket and never trailed afterwards.    
 
Game Vitals:
      >Score:  D'Youville College - 57   |   Houghton College - 72
      >Records:  D'Youville College: 3-8   |   Houghton College: 6-3
      >Venue: Nielsen Center, Houghton, NY   |    Attendance: 120   
 
Game Flow:
      >Hannah Manwaring (Barton, NY, Tioga Central HS) capped a 9-0 Highlanders run with a long-range three to close the first quarter up 19-8.  Houghton scored the game's first basket and never trailed thereafter.
      >After taking a 16 point lead into the break, Houghton stretched their lead to as many as 18 early in the third quarter.  The Spartans, however, fought their way back to within five points early in the fourth quarter before Pipher scored a pair of buckets in the paint and Manwaring drained another three to put the Highlanders up for good.
 
Clutch Performances:
The Highlanders:
      >Pipher scored 22 points on 9-16 shooting from the floor, and posted 20 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the year.  She also added three blocks and three steals to her impressive line.
      >Manwaring hit three shots from beyond the arch, scoring 14 points, and added seven rebounds.
      >Elle Reed (Sherman, NY, Sherman Central School) also scored 14 points and chipped in four assists and four steals.
 
The Spartans:
      >Shannon Dougherty scored 17 points and Danette Laguerre added 13 points, six rebounds and four assists.
       
Coaches Corner:
"Down the stretch Maisie Pipher really stepped it up for us.  Her efforts on defensive and on the boards really improved our overall intensity. 
 
"We made a couple of changes defensively in second half that impacted our intensity and effort.  Our work on the boards (Houghton outrebounded the Spartans 15-6 on the offensive end) was just effort.
 
"Our depth also played a major role in this game.  The biggest difference between last year's team and this year's team is depth.  We had nine different players score points tonight." –Coach Alicia Mucher
 
Next Time Out:
Houghton opens up conference play on the road Tuesday when they travel to Oneonta, NY to take on the Hartwick Hawks at 8:00 p.m.