After trailing for the first 36 minutes of play, the Lady Bearcats came back in a big way to defeat visiting Grove City 62-57 at the Carey Center.

SVC junior Janelle Reed scored 17 of her game-high 21 points over the second half, and 12 over the game's final eight minutes, and the Lady Bearcats shot a blistering 53 percent from the field over second stanza. 

Grove City started off strong, opening up an 11-2 lead just three minutes into play.  The GCC lead eventually stretched to 12 on three seperate occasions, but thanks to a trio of three-pointers from Maria Baroffio, the Lady Bearcats headed into halftime down just eight, at 34-26.

Saint Vincent chipped away at the deficit in the opening stages of the second half, with Reed scoring six quick points to pull the Lady Bearcats to within five, 39-34, with just over 13 minutes left.

After a lay up and a three from Reed on consecutive possessions, the Lady Bearcats trailed by just three, 47-44, with six minutes left.  Baroffio tied it at 49 two minutes later, and a Reed jumper then gave the Lady Bearcats their first lead of the night - 51-49 - with four minutes remaining. 

The two teams then exchanged the lead twice before another Reed basket gave the Lady Bearcats a 56-54 lead with 1:30 left to play.  Baroffio then hit four free throws, and Melissa McKamish two, as SVC was able to pull off the comeback win.

Baroffio ended up with 18 points, and was a perfect 4-4 from long range.  Caryn Glassbrenner led the Lady Bearcats with eight rebounds. 

Christine Slater paced the Wolverines with 17 points, while Brittany Anderson pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds.

It truly was a tale of two halves.  Over the first frame, the Lady Bearcats made just eight field goals out of 27 attempts, good for just 29 percent, while Grove City shot 49 percent from the field (15-31).  Over the second half, the Lady Bearcats went 13-25 from the field (52 percent), while holding Grove City's shooters to just a 21 percent mark (8-37).  SVC also forced 14 Grove City turnovers in the second half, while committing only seven. 

Both teams' records now stand at 9-15.  The Lady Bearcats will wrap up the 2007-08 campaign at Thomas More, ranked third nationally, on Saturday afternoon at 1pm.