Gravel's Career Day Lifts Keuka Women's Basketball

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Sophomore Danielle Gravel (Sidney, NY/Sidney) scored 17 of her career-high 29 points in the first half and Keuka College's women's basketball team defeated rival Cazenovia College 75-53 Wednesday night inside the Weed Physical Arts Center.

Junior Mariah Mouzon (Elmira, NY/Elmira Free Academy), fresh off back-to-back double-doubles, added 12 points and six rebounds while Gravel added 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists and only one turnover for Keuka (9-4, 7-2 North Eastern Athletic Conference), which led wire-to-wire.

Mouzon and Gravel combined for the game's first seven points as the Storm sprinted out to a 7-0 lead just 90 seconds in. A 10-3 spurt midway through the half pushed the Storm lead to 28-11, capped by a jumper from freshman Erica Pendrak (Utica, NY/New York Mills) with 7:09 left in the half.

Keuka's advantage never dipped below 10 points the rest of the half, and Keuka led by as many as 17 points as Mouzon scored 10 points on 4-for-6 shooting in the half.

Gravel, whose previous career-high was 25 points during a win over Hilbert College on Nov. 22, finished shooting 10-for-14 from the floor (71 percent) and went 6-for-8 on three-pointers.

Sophomore Taylor Szwec (Candor, NY/Candor) added 8 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists for Keuka, which shot 28-for-61 (45.9 percent) in the win. Sophomore Casey Chamberlain (Perry, NY/Perry) added eight rebounds for the Storm, which enjoyed a 45-39 edge on the glass against Cazenovia.

Classmate Jessica Bandrowski (Center Moriches, NY/Center Moriches) had 7 points, 4 steals, 2 rebounds and 2 assists for Keuka, which snapped a mini two-game home losing streak.

Freshman Erin O'Malley scored 16 points, one of three Wildcats (5-11, 4-5 NEAC) to reach double-figures.

Keuka returns to action with a 3 p.m. game Saturday afternoon against SUNYIT.