Wilmington, DE –Lightning fall to cross-town rival

The Lightning women's basketball team dropped their first of two cross-town match-ups with Wilmington University 63-39. 

Early on in the game, both the Lightning and the Wildcats struggled to score, but the Wildcats that found their groove, and took an early 10-2 lead.  Continuing their struggles from the floor, the Lightning next saw the Wildcats go on a 10-3 run, and headed to the locker room behind 29-16.

Sophomore Lightning Amber Gullickson knocked down a jump shot to open the second half, and the Lightning would find more opportunities to score, including 10 points coming from Freshman Evebonee Acosta (15 points total, 6 rebounds), but it wasn't enough to cut the lead the Wildcats built up. 

Kellyn Nolan added 7 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, while Arielle Alford hit the boards for 11 rebounds.  The Lightning will next travel to Dominican College this Saturday, January 10, 2009 for the CACC match-up.

Cannot make the game at Dominican?  Watch it on the web at www.CACC.tv