Box Score

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Tied with West Chester with 4:07 remaining on Wednesday night, the Shippensburg University women's basketball team held the Golden Rams scoreless for the next 3:19 of regulation while making 10 straight free throw attempts to cement a 78-68 road victory from West Chester's Hollinger Field House.

Ranked No. 10 in the initial NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional rankings released Wednesday afternoon, the Raiders (18-7, 14-6 PSAC) shot 41-of-50 from the free-throw line overall – the most free throws made and attempted for the program dating back through at least the 1998-99 season (15 seasons).

Junior Sarah Strybuc shot 15-of-16 from the free-throw line – the most FTs made for a Raider this season – and finished with a game-high 24 points while freshman Stephanie Knauer recorded her second consecutive double-double and 11th of the season.

Knauer shot 7-of-12 from the field and 7-of-9 at the line and finished with 21 points and a game-high 16 rebounds. It is her sixth 20-point double-double of the season.

Senior Shawna Wert went 11-of-13 from the charity stripe and finished with 13 points and five rebounds while senior Dana Wert contributed nine points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals.

Shippensburg got out to leads of 23-15 and 25-18 in the early stages of the first half before West Chester (13-11, 10-10) used an 8-0 run to grab a 26-25 lead with 6:48 left in the half. Shippensburg eventually took the lead back at 37-33 with 36 seconds left before WCU scored the final five points of the half on a Carly Strickland jumper and a Meghan Kerrigan three-pointer just as the halftime buzzer sounded.

Both teams traded shots throughout the second half as the Raiders pushed their lead to as many as seven points past the midway point of the half. Up 61-55 with 7:33 on the clock, SU succumbed to an 8-0 Golden Ram run – finished off by a three-pointer from Meghan Kerrigan just as the shot clock expired – that put the Golden Rams ahead with 4:07 remaining.

Shippensburg held West Chester scoreless for the next 3:19 as the drought spanned five possessions and included two turnovers. The Raiders' 10 consecutive free throws were courtesy of Strybuc and Dana Wert and pushed the visitors lead to six points, up 71-65, with 43 seconds left.

Shippensburg held a 74-68 lead with the seconds winding down in regulation before a late WCU foul with one second on the clock and an additional technical foul levied against the Golden Rams allowed Strybuc to go a perfect 4-of-4 from the stripe with one second on the clock to push the final margin into double-digits.

The Raiders return home on Saturday afternoon for a 1 p.m. Senior Day matchup against Cheyney from Heiges Field House. Shippensburg will honor its five seniors before the game – Caitlin Bamberger, Raediah Lyles, Morgan Taylor, Dana Wert and Shawna Wert.