Junior Nadia Madmoune led Keuka with 18 points in its loss to Dallas.

The top-seeded Keuka women’s basketball team was upset by the No.5 seeded University of Dallas in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Tournament semifinals at Penn State-Berks on Saturday by a score of 71-58.  Keuka knocked Dallas out of the Tournament last season.  This marks just the second time in the past eight years that the Storm have not won the conference tournament title.

The Storm finish the season with an 18-8 overall record and had won seven straight games before the loss.  Dallas improves to 15-12 overall and will now play Penn State-Berks in the NEAC Championship on Sunday.

Both teams tallied 28 points in the first half with Dallas making two more field goals (11-9) while Keuka connected on six more free throws (9-3).  Dallas returned the favor from the free throw line in the second half, hitting 23-of-30 free throws to pull away from the Storm.  Keuka managed just 12 trips to the charity stripe, making ten.  For the game, Dallas shot 34% (21-for-62) while Keuka was 29% from the floor (17-for-58).  The Storm led in rebounds (49-46) and 3-pointers (5-3).

Junior Nadia Madmoune (Rome, N.Y./Rome Free Acad.) led Keuka with 18 points while going 5-of-12 from the floor and 8-for-10 from the free throw line.  Madmoune also had a team-high two assists and two blocks to go with her seven rebounds.

Fellow junior Brittany Schrock (Elmira Lady Express/Thomas Edison) added 17 points while going 9-for-10 from the line.  Junior Heather Fish (Elmira Lady Express/Newfield) was the only other Storm player in double figures with 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds.

Dallas was led by Cara Sczepanski who had 22 points and 10 rebounds while going 14-for-16 from the free throw line.