PHILADELPHIA – The Holy Family University women's basketball team had two potential game-tying 3-pointers in the final seconds miss in a 57-52 loss to regionally-ranked Kutztown on Wednesday evening at the Campus Center.  
 
Individual Highlights

• Freshman Taylor Hinkle (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) was the lone Tiger in double-figures with 14 points, one shy of a season-high
• Fellow freshman Skyler Searfoss (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe Area) neared a triple-double, leading all players with season-bests of nine rebounds and seven assists, to go along with nine points and a game-high three steals
• Carolyn Prevost (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery) and Moe Moore (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) scored nine points too, with Prevost adding seven boards

 
Inside the Box Score

• The Golden Bears' 16 free throws (on 21 attempts), compared to HFU's 11 (16), turned out to be the final difference in the score

 
How it Happened 
First Quarter

• Both teams led by three, with Searfoss opening the scoring on a triple and Kutztown later going ahead 8-11 before a Jenn Kokolus (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) basket made it 10-11 following 10 minutes of play 

Second Quarter

• The Golden Bears scored the first four points of the second period to build a first-half-high five-point advantage, but HFU came back with the next 10 for a five-point advantage of its own
  • Kokolus both started and ended it, with two Hinkle 3-pointers in-between, as her two free made the score 20-15 with 4:36 showing
• Kutztown would score the final nine points of the half though, building a 24-20 lead at the break

Third Quarter

• Moore opened the second half with a 3-pointer, and neither team led by more than three in a period that ended knotted at 36 after the Golden Bears drained a trifecta at the buzzer

Fourth Quarter

• Holy Family started the fourth with the first seven points, establishing the first three-possession advantage, 43-36, on a Hinkle layup with 7:46 remaining
• Kutztown chipped away with the next five points, beginning a 16-3 run that ended with the Golden Bears' largest lead, 52-46, with 2:37 to play
• The Tigers pulled within two as Searfoss, Hinkle and Moore each scored, the latter on a layup that brought the scoreboard to 52-54 with 1:07 left
• Holy Family got a defensive stop but could not manage to tie it or take the lead, and Kutztown would make 1-of-2 free throws with 19 seconds on the clock
• With one last chance to tie the score, the Tigers miss the two 3-pointers and the Golden Bears icee the game with two foul shots

 
Up Next
Holy Family continues its three-game home-stand on Saturday, hosting East Stroudsburg at 1 p.m.