HIGHLIGHTS
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Lady Jackets battled G-MAC regular season runner-up Kentucky Wesleyan before falling, 72-65, in the season finale at the Callan Athletic Center.
Cedarville ends the campaign 7-19 overall and 5-15 G-MAC.
Paige Garr scored 20 points in her final game as a Lady Jacket.
Lydia Sweeney (19),
Kat Weakley (12), and
Anne Wheeler (10) also scored in double figures.
The contest was close from the opening tip. Garr's jumper with 3:33 remaining gave the hosts a 61-60 lead.
The Panthers scored the next four points and closed the game with a 12-4 run to clinch the win.
Cedarville, the leading free throw shooting team nationally in Division II, converted 22-of-24 charity tosses to finish the season with a .838 accuracy.
Stinger Notes:
- Garr, Makenna Fee, Abby Freeman, and student manager Rachael Hartong were honored on Senior Day.
- Garr ended her career with 1,142 points.
- Weakley scored in double figures in the last eight games of the season.
- Sweeney was 13-for-13 at the line - three shy of the single-game school record.
- Sweeney's .885 accuracy at the stripe is the second-best in school history (minimum 2 FTM/G).
- The Jackets wiped out the previous team record for free throw percentage (.778).
- Every player on the roster made at least 70 percent of their free throws.
- Kentucky Wesleyan swept the two regular season games by a combined nine points.
- The Panthers lead the all-time series, 13-11.
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