Box Score

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University women's basketball team forced 22 turnovers and held a strong shooting team to a 36-percent effort from the field but it was not enough on Tuesday night as the Raiders dropped a 69-61 decision to East No. 1 seed Bloomsburg in a PSAC quarterfinal matchup from Nelson Field House.

Shippensburg (14-13) put three players in double figures – including a 17-point, 13-rebound double-double from senior Monae Baker in her final collegiate contest. Baker was also 5-of-5 at the free-throw line, as she finished up her career by making 22 consecutive attempts and shooting a career-best 77.5 percent from the charity stripe for the season.

Sophomore Sarah Strybuc contributed 16 points – 12 in the first half – on 6-of-15 shooting. Junior Dana Wert struggled from the field but still managed 10 points thanks to a 5-of-6 effort at the free-throw line. Dana also recorded a career-high six steals and was a major factor in a defensive effort that forced 22 turnovers by the Huskies.

Junior Shawna Wert was also 5-of-6 at the free-throw line and finished with eight points and four rebounds.

Shippensburg trailed at halftime, 33-28, despite shooting just 25 percent from the field in the opening frame. The Raiders had a lot of active hands in the passing lane and did its best to stagger the ball movement of the Huskies – forcing 13 first-half turnovers from a group that averages just 18 per game.

The Raiders also managed to contain some of Bloomsburg's main scoring threats. Senior Kelsey Gallagher was scoreless in the first half and finished with just nine points. Junior Dana Wieller, the conference's leading three-point shooter, was held to 11 points and was in foul trouble most of the evening.

Bloomsburg (25-4), who entered the game having made the fourth-most three-pointers in Division II, was vigilant in its effort to shoot from long range. The Huskies attempted 37 three-pointers in the game, making just 12. Helping the cause was Catherine Noack, who was 5-of-8 from three-point range and tied a season high with 19 points.

Shippensburg managed to shoot 42 percent from the field in the second half, but the team overall was just 4-of-17 from three-point range in the game. SU did finish the year by limiting opponents to shoot just 28 percent from three-point range.

The game was also the final collegiate contest for seniors Lindsay Howard and Erin Varley. Howard scored two points off the bench in eight minutes, while Varley got in the game for two minutes during the first half.