Women lose in season opener at Ohio Valley University

Vienna, West Virginia- Penn State Beaver's women's basketball team lost their first game of the season to Ohio Valley University.

In the first half, Beaver came playing hard and were initially keeping up with Ohio Valley's scoring efforts. Asia Borders (Ellwood City, PA / Ellwood) led Beavers first period scoring effort with 8 points followed by Morgan Kurtz (Washington, PA / Trinity) who had 7. Unfortunately, Beavers defensive effort fell short allowing Ohio Valley to score point after point ending the half with a 34 point lead.

In the second half, Beaver came out firing with almost all of their starters scoring points. The top scorer was Cassandra Flowers (Pittsburgh, PA / Westinghouse) who scored the majority of the teams points in the second half putting up 11. Beaver's efforts on both sides of the ball fell short as Ohio Valley went on to 115-71.

Beaver's next match-up will be at the Penn State Beaver Tip off on November 16th.