2007 PSAC Women's Basketball Championship
 

Millersville, Pa. – Jahzinga Tracey scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Indiana (Pa.) University to a 63-53 win over California (Pa.) University in the title game of the 2007 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship. 

The win for IUP marked its second-ever league title since the tournament began in 1980, the other coming in 1988.  California was the defending league champion and had won four of the last five titles.     

The momentum swung several times throughout the contest, particularly in the first 25 minutes.  IUP opened the game with a 16-4 advantage with 9:47 remaining in the first half.  California would score the game’s next five points and eventually finished with a 16-4 run of its own to knot the score at 20-20 with 3:23 left in the half.

The teams traded points to keep the game tied at 24-24, but beginning at the 1:16 mark, California scored the final six points of the stanza to take a 30-24 edge into the locker room. 

The Crimson Hawks regained control out of the locker room with a 10-2 run to take a 34-32 lead.  From that point on, the game went back and forth with four lead changes and three ties until Tracey gave IUP the lead for good, 45-43, with 6:58 remaining.  That two-pointer by Tracey spurred an 8-0 run in which she accounted for six of the markers.

Tracey, the tournament MVP, scored 42 points, and grabbed 18 rebounds and eight steals over the two-day event.  In the title game, she was aided by Staci Heberling, who hit for 16 points and grabbed eight boards.

California got a strong effort from Kim Nowakowski, who scored 11 points and snared a game-high 20 rebounds.  Lindsay Johnson was the top scorer for the Lady Vulcans with 14 points.          

With the win IUP received an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship Tournament.  The playoffs begin on the regional level from March 9-12 at a site yet to be determined.