Box Score GRANVILLE, Ohio -- Trailing by 12 at the halftime break, the Allegheny women's basketball squad stormed back to take the lead late in the second half, but a late run by the Case Western Reserve Spartans upended the Gators, 76-67, on Saturday afternoon at the 2013 Denison University Classic Tournament.

Sophomore Rachel Vigliotti continued her recent offensive success, leading the Gators with 16 points on 4-of-10 shooting from the field, including a pair of three-pointers, and a perfect, 6-for-6 day from the free-throw line.  Over her last four games, Vigliotti has averaged 15.5 points per game, and is shooting 90.3 percent from the charity stripe.  The sophomore tacked on a team-high five steals, adding a pair of assists.

Fellow second year Emma Pellicano finished with 12 points, as the sophomore added six rebounds to lead the team on the glass.  Sophomore Jessica Mrdjenovich tied Vigliotti for the team-high with a 2-for-6 afternoon from three point range, finishing the 11 points, two assists and four rebounds.  Junior Marina Scarantino led the Gators in assists for the fourth time this season, recording a five-point, three-assist performance.

Junior Kendall Hoffman, the reigning Allegheny Female Athlete of the Week scored nine points, adding four rebounds, three steals and a block.

Case jumped out to a seven-point lead four minutes into the contest, but Allegheny took advantage of a 7-2 run to take their first lead of the contest, 15-14, with 13:22 remaining in the half after a layup by Vigliotti.  The Spartans took the lead right back, increasing the gap to double-digits with three minutes remaining in the half.  Case took advantage of Allegheny miscues in the first half, scoring 16 points off of 15 turnovers to take a 43-31 lead into the break.

Pellicano started the scoring in the second half with a layup, as a Vigliotti three-pointer cut into an early Case run to bring Allegheny to within 11.  A layup by Hoffman with 16:31 remaining in the second brought the deficit to within single digits, as a pair of converted free-throws by the junior cut the lead to one with 11:09 remaining.  After the Spartans continued the back-and-forth affair by building the lead back to four, Scarantino drilled a three-pointer with 5:46 remaining to bring the deficit back to one.

Allegheny solidified the game's third tie after a pair of free-throws and a jumper by Pellicano, as the teams stood at a 63-63 stalemate with 3:59 remaining.  Mrdjenovich gave the Gators their first lead of the second half with a free throw, putting the Gators up by one.  A layup and free-throw by Pellicano gave Allegheny a 67-63 lead with 2:56 left, but Case responded with a game-ending, 13-point run to clinch the victory.

The Gators will return to Denison on Sunday afternoon to take on Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) member Muskingum at 1 p.m. before opening North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) play against Hiram on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m.