Heidelberg Holds Off Alma To Claim The Tournament Championship

Junior Amanda Campbell (Pataskala, Ohio / Watkins Memorial) scored 17 points and tallied five assists to lead the Berg to a 60-47 win over Alma in the championship game of the Heidelberg Holiday Alumni Classic tournament. Heidelberg improves to 8-3 on the year while Alma falls to 4-5.

Campbell claimed Most Valuable Player honors for the tournament, scoring 42 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in two games this weekend. Junior Maureen Hunter (Toledo, Ohio / Notre Dame) was named to the All-Tournament team with 15 points and five steals in the championship contest against Alma. Sophomore Brittany Skolnicki (Lorain, Ohio / Clearview) also reached double figures with 14 points and led the team with six rebounds.

For Alma, Ashley Matuzak earned All-Tournament honors with 14 points and seven rebounds against Heidelberg.

The Berg opened a 20-9 lead in the games first minutes. Leading 6-4, Heidelberg’s Hunter drained two straight shots from behind the arc. Skolnicki added two jumpers and Campbell capped the scoring with a lay-up to give Heidelberg the 11-point advantage, their largest of the first half.

Alma quickly answered when Matuzak made two straight treys to cut the Berg advantage to five. The Lady Scots would cut it to a 23-21 Heidelberg advantage at intermission with a layup at the buzzer by Ashley Wojtas.

The Berg broke the game open in the second half at the 13-minute mark. Leading 35-30, Hunter drained her third three of the ballgame and sophomore Morgan Harrigan (Urbana, Ohio / Urbana) hit a shot from behind the arc to put Heidelberg up 41-30 with 12 minutes remaining. Alma cut the lead down to eight with 4:25 remaining in the game, but an 8-0 run by the Berg put the Lady Scots away for good.

For the game, Heidelberg shot 23-32 (37.1 percent) from the field, including 7-24 (29.2 percent) from beyond the arc. The Berg scored 26 points off of 27 Alma turnovers.

Also earning All-Tournament Team honors were Kelly Ashcraft and Jess Winemiller from Juniata and Dusti Doss from Huntingdon.

Heidelberg returns to action Jan. 3 when they travel to Bexley, Ohio, to take on Capital. Tip-off with the Crusaders is set for 7:30 p.m.