Box Score

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Senior Monae Baker surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career in a double-double effort on Saturday afternoon, as the Shippensburg University women's basketball team took care of East Stroudsburg, 68-51, from Koehler Fieldhouse.

Baker – who needed 11 points to get to 1,000 coming into the game – scored her 11th point of the afternoon on a layup at the 16:24 mark of the second half that gave Shippensburg (12-10, 9-9 PSAC) an 18-point advantage. She finished the afternoon with 17 points – including 15 in the second half alone – and a game-high 13 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season. The senior has scored 326 points this season, and now has 1,006 for her career.

For the second game in a row, sophomore Sarah Strybuc set a new career-high in points, scoring a game-high 22 on 9-of-13 shooting from the field, including 4-of-6 from three-point range. Strybuc scored 21 points in SU's last game, a loss at Bloomsburg on Wednesday.

Junior Shawna Wert also hit double-figures, scoring 14 points to go along with a game-high seven assists. Junior Dana Wert sank two three-pointers en route to nine points and four rebounds.

Senior Lindsay Howard played 18 minutes off the bench and pulled in a season-high five rebounds to go along with four points and three assists.

Holding onto an early 7-5 lead, SU went on a quick 8-0 run courtesy entirely of Strybuc – who hit two three-pointers and a jumper during the two-minute sequence – to open up a 15-5 lead halfway through the half.

After an East Stroudsburg (9-13, 6-12 PSAC) three-pointer on the Warriors' next possession, the Raiders went on a 10-0 run over a three-minute span to open up a 25-8 lead with 6:10 left. ESU outscored Shippensburg 8-4 to close out the half, however, as the Raiders took a 29-16 lead into the locker room.

Shippensburg extended its lead to 18 with a Baker layup just over three minutes into the second half. Strybuc hit a jumper at the 11:11 mark of the half that opened up a 22-point 51-29 lead for SU.

East Stroudsburg briefly chipped away at the lead, getting as close as 13 points with 6:20 left in regulation, down 57-44. The Warriors would fail to get any closer.

With four games to play in the regular season, the Raiders now hold a three-game lead over both East Stroudsburg and Mansfield for the fourth and final playoff spot in the PSAC East.

Shippensburg will return home on Wednesday to face West Chester in a 6 p.m. tip from Heiges Field House.