Box Score

Muhlenberg women's basketball sophomore Brandi Vallely took her record season to new heights, scoring 39 points in an 84-71 win at Dickinson.

The 39 points tied the school record set 24 years ago by Hall-of-Famer Felicia Perryman and were one shy of the Centennial Conference mark, achieved three times previously.

Vallely, who already has broken school and CC records for assists in a game and season and triple-doubles in a season and career, scored her 39 points without the benefit of a three-pointer. She was 12-of-18 from the field and 15-of-17 from the line, scoring 15 points in the first half and 24 in the second.

The Mules (18-2, 12-2), now tied for first place in the CC and ranked 16th in the new D3hoops.com poll, needed all of Vallely's production to put away a fiesty Dickinson squad that is in the thick of the CC playoff race just two years removed from a five-win season. The Red Devils (12-8, 8-6) trailed 11-1 four minutes into the game but rallied to tie the score at 21 by the end of the first quarter.

Muhlenberg was up by five at halftime, only to see Dickinson move ahead for the first time with 7:45 to go in the third. The Red Devils took their final lead at 55-54 with 1:43 left in the quarter, but the Mules scored the final six points of the period (five by Vallely) to go ahead for good.

Muhlenberg outscored Dickinson 24-16 in the fourth quarter to seal the win. Sophomore Rachel Plotke scored six of her 19 points in the fourth and had her own record-tying moment when she nailed a three-pointer with 6:44 left to give the Mules a 69-59 lead. That made her 4-for-4 in the game for threes, tying the school record for the second time in seven days.

Senior Christina Santone finished with nine points and nine rebounds for the Mules, who shot 54.2 percent in the second half and 49.1 percent for the game against a Red Devils team that came in allowing only 51.8 points per game (22nd in Division III).