WORCESTER – In a game played within four points until the 2:52 mark of the fourth quarter, the HFU women's basketball used 11-0 stretch in the final 4:36 to pull off a 56-50 upset at nationally-ranked No. 12 Assumption on Saturday afternoon. 
 
After 15 lead changes and 10 ties, HFU went on top for good when a Kara Meredith (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Archbishop Wood) layup made the score 46-45 with 4:36 to go. 
 
That began the run of 11 unanswered, as the Tigers held the Greyhounds scoreless for the 4:51 with eight consecutive stops. 
 
Back-to-back Kaelah Carter (Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker (The College of Saint Rose)) layups produced the game's first five-point cushion, 50-45, with 2:52 showing, as part of six straight points scored by the junior. 
 
A Meredith free throw then produced the first double-digit advantage, 55-45, with just 25 seconds on the clock, and by the time Assumption finally scored 11 seconds later it was too late.
 
Individual Highlights

• Taylor Hinkle (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) led all players with 23 points on 8-of-14 field goals and 3-of-3 3-pointers
  • She fell one rebound shy of a third double-double on the season and also led HFU with three assists and two steals 
• Carter chipped in with 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting and 3-of-5 triples, to go along with two steals
• Skyler Searfoss (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe Area) added seven points, while Claire Dougherty (Lehman, Pa./Lake-Lehman) pulled down seven boards
• Carolyn Prevost (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery) matched Hinkle and Carter with a game-high two steals

 
Inside the Box Score

• HFU shot an efficient 45.7 percent from the floor (21-of-46) and 46.2 percent form beyond the arc (6-of-13), while limiting Assumption to just 30.4 (17-of-56) and 22.7 (5-of-22) percent, respectively
• The Tigers won the battle in the paint, 30-16

 
How it Happened

• Assumption led 6-10 for 28 seconds in the first quarter, while HFU scored the final seven points of the second for a 21-17 halftime advantage
• A Hinkle 3-pointer in the final seconds of the third put the Tigers on top 37-35 entering the fourth
• There were five led changes and one tie in the fourth prior to Meredith's layup

 
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