CHEYNEY, Pa. – The Shippensburg University women's basketball team unleashed an 18-4 run that began at the 8:00 mark of the second half on Saturday afternoon from Cope Hall to pull away from host Cheyney to earn a 77-51 PSAC East victory over the Wolves.

Shippensburg (5-8, 1-0 PSAC East) entered the game ranked No. 3 in Division II for free-throw shooting and once again did not disappoint from the charity stripe. SU was fouled 30 times in the game and finished 31-of-37 (83.8 percent) from the free-throw line - its most makes in one game since going 33-of-39 in the 2008-09 season opener versus UDC.

SU got a three-pointer on the opening possession from sophomore guard Dana Wert and never trailed in the contest, leading by as many as 27 points in the second half. The Lady Raiders led by just nine points in the second half before starting its decisive run.

Wert had another spectacular game, scoring 17 points. She was 8-of-8 from the free-throw line and 3-of-4 from three-point range. Wert also finished with six rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Senior Kasey Gardner led all scorers with 22 points, shooting 50 percent from the field including three trifectas. Gardner had six rebounds - four offensive - in just 28 minutes of work.

Freshman Ashley Giedemann was among the many clutch performers at the free-throw line, finishing the afternoon 7-of-8 from the stripe. Giedemann finished with 10 points and three rebids.

Fellow freshman Raediah Lyles hustled for a career-high 10 points in the contest, finishing as SU's fourth player in double figures. Lyles hit three of her four shots she attempted Saturday and made all four of her free-throw attempts.

Cheyney (4-9, 0-1 PSAC East) struggled from the floor, shooting just 32 percent while committing 24 turnovers. Christalee Lynch led the Wolves with 16 points.

Shippensburg is on the road Wednesday for a PSAC Eastern Division contest at Bloomsburg. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. and live Internet radio coverage will be available at http://wsyc.org.

Notes: Saturday's game marked the first time in the last five meetings that the road team earned the victory…SU has won nine of the last 11 meetings over Cheyney…the Lady Raiders had a season-high 12 steals in the contest…SU is 74-of-82 from the free-throw line in the last three games…every Lady Raider in uniform made it onto the floor in the contest…freshman Jazmine Hall made her season debut…junior Kaitlin Capriccio made her second appearance of the year and had four points off the bench.