Linn-Benton Falls to Portland at Home

For more information, contact Carsyn Meyers at 971-212-7233 or carsyn.meyers.6492@mail.linnbenton.edu. 

ALBANY, Oregon -- The Linn-Benton Women’s Basketball team lost to Portland Community College, 74-59, on Saturday, January 29. 

The Roadrunners fell to 11-4 on the season, and 3-2 in the NWAC South Region. Portland Community College improved to 9-7 on the season, and 2-2 in the NWAC South Region. 

Early in the first quarter the Roadrunners jumped out to a 10-3 lead, but saw it quickly diminish after the Panthers retaliated with a run of their own. As the buzzer sounded at the end of the first quarter, the Roadrunners second-leading scorer, Liz Chavez, exited the game with an ankle injury. Chavez would not return for the rest of the game. 

The Panthers came out swinging in the second quarter, out-scoring the Roadrunners 22-6, and leading 40-24 going into halftime. The Roadrunners shot 10-34 (29.4%) from the field in the first half. The Panthers shot 16-31 (52%)  from the field in the first half. Portland kept up their shooting barrage in the second half, maintaining a double-digit lead the entire second half. 

Roadrunner Brooklyn Hankwitz recorded her third straight game with a double-double, scoring 23 points with 14 rebounds.  

Next up the Roadrunners take on Lane Community College on Wednesday, February 2. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. at the Linn-Benton Albany Campus, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW in Albany.