KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Lara Dellegrotti (sr. Berwick/Berwick) had a career day and Melissa McQuade (Pittsburgh, PA/Shaler) (so. Pittsburgh/Shaler) kicked off the 2008-09 season with a double-double as the Kutztown University women's basketball team defeated Slippery Rock 66-51 Saturday in the Golden Bear Classic at Keystone Hall.

Dellegrotti posted a career-best 21 points, including nine points during an 11-5 run that put KU ahead 48-34 with 12:35 remaining. She earned two consecutive trips to the line and made all six free throws after being fouled from beyond the arc. She capped the run with a 3-pointer — one of her three in the game.

McQuade finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds, to go with her five assists and five steals.

KU (1-0) and Slippery Rock (0-1) were tied at 16-16 with 4:27 left in the first half, but Dellegrotti fueled another rally, scoring eight in a 14-5 run that gave the Golden Bears a 30-21 halftime lead.

Julie Molloy led The Rock with 10 points and nine rebounds, and Nikki Presto had nine points and 10 rebounds. Sasha Sales also had 10 rebounds.

Meredith Starr (Richmond, VA/Monacan) (so. Richmond, Va./Monacan) had seven points for KU, and Rachel Wisemiller (Hazleton, PA/Hazleton Area) (jr. Hazleton/Hazleton) had four points, four assists and six rebounds.

KU will return to the court at 3 p.m. Sunday to face the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, which fell 70-52 to Le Moyne College in the opening game of the Golden Bear Classic.