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Reading, Pa. (Jan. 17, 2008) – Freshman Kelli McIntyre (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) scored a career high 25 points and senior Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) score a season-high 20 to lead Alvernia College to a 108-80 win over Centenary Thursday evening in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference women's basketball action at the Physical Education Center.

The 20-minute snow delay did little to slow McIntyre who established a career-high for the second time in as many games. She scored 17 points in the first half as the Crusaders built a 16-point lead at the break, 47-31, and the Crusaders cruised to the 28-point win.

Centenary, which entered Thursday with an unblemished conference record in its first PAC season, put nine points on the board in first two-plus minutes and held a 9-2 lead when Nicole Van Tassel (Franklin, N.J./Wallkill Valley Regional) dropped in a layup at 17:35.

Alvernia answered quickly as McIntyre's first 3 of the night flip-flopped the 9-2 run and knotted the game at 11-all with 15:19 on the first-half clock. McIntyre's next 3 answered back-to-back Cyclone buckets and the Crusaders wrapped up a 23-7 run over the next seven minutes that left the hosts up 34-22.

Centenary trimmed that lead down to single digits twice in the next three minutes, but Alvernia hit a pair of 3s and McIntyre's two free throws to close the half on an 8-0 streak. Centenary managed to stay within striking distance thanks to a 10-2 advantage in second chance points in the opening frame, but Alvernia was aided by 14 points off the bench.

Centenary made a mini run early in the second half pulling back to within 11 points, 51-40, with 17:46 to play, and found itself within the same spread at the 13:07 mark, but Alvernia scored seven straight and 14 of the next 18 for a 21-point lead with 9:37 to go.

Senior Stephanie Roberts (Bakersfield, Cal./South) hit back-to-back 3s for the Cyclones to cut the gap to 15 points, but they got no closer as Alvernia pulled away for its first ever win over Centenary as a conference foe. Alvernia was 2-0 against the Cyclones in non-conference action with both games played in the early '90s.

Sophomore Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) joined Rosolie and McIntyre in double-figures with a season-high 17 points. McIntyre rounded out her impressive line with five assists and four steals in just 27 minutes.

Roberts led the Cyclones with 22 points. Kristen Camuso (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Josephs by the Sea) scored 14 and Ayana Way (Edison, N.J./John P. Stevens) added 13.

The 108 points is the most Alvernia has scored in a game since a 108-30 win over Rosemont on January 31, 1995.

Alvernia will host PAC preseason favorite Gwynedd-Mercy Saturday afternoon in a women's and men's doubleheader. Both games will be webcast live through the Alvernia College website, http://athletics.alvernia.edu.

Alvernia 108, Centenary 80