Box Score

The Shippensburg University women's basketball team cruised to an 81-55 victory over Mansfield Saturday afternoon inside Decker Gymnasium, extending its winning streak to seven games and setting up a crucial PSAC Eastern Division showdown on Wednesday night with fellow front-runner Bloomsburg.

Shippensburg (16-6, 12-5) has now won seven consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 25 – Dec. 18, 2007. Head coach Kristy Trn's squad has held opponents to less than 38 percent shooting from the field and to no more than 63 total points in each game of the current winning streak.

Six players scored nine or more points for the Raiders Saturday, including a team-high 14 from junior Sarah Strybuc and 13 from freshman Stephanie Knauer. Strybuc had three rebounds, three assists and three steals while Knauer was 6-of-7 from the floor, collected six rebounds and had two assists.

Freshman Caitlyn Deeter had 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting to go along with three rebounds and a career-high three assists. Deeter was one point short of her career high (12) set Wednesday at Kutztown, finishing her week with 23 points and 10 rebounds on 11-of-19 shooting.

Senior Shawna Wert scored 10 points, shooting 6-of-8 from the free-throw line. Shawna added four rebounds, two assists and two steals. Fellow senior Dana Wert was also 6-of-8 at the free-throw line, finishing with nine points, four assists, three rebounds and two steals.

SU held a 47-26 advantage at the intermission, leading by as many as 25 points in the first half and 30 points in the game. Senior Raediah Lyles had seven points in the first eight minutes of play and finished Saturday's game with nine points and seven rebounds.

The Raiders held a decisive 53-32 edge in rebounding, pulling down 23 offensive boards and scoring 19 second-chance points. Freshman Alex Gildea played just 14 minutes but led all players with eight rebounds. Gildea also added five points. SU also had 13 steals as a team, tying a season high, while scoring 28 points off turnovers.

Mansfield (4-17, 2-15) made 10 three-pointers Saturday, the second-most against the Raiders in a game this season. The Mounties managed just seven two-point field goals, however, shooting just 24 percent (7-of-29) on two-point field goal attempts.

Shippensburg and Bloomsburg, two teams tied atop the PSAC Eastern Division, will clash at 6 p.m. Wednesday inside Heiges Field House. The Huskies won the previous meeting this season Jan. 16 at Nelson Fieldhouse.

Notes: SU entered this season without a winning streak of more than four consecutive games since it started the 2008-09 campaign with five consecutive victories…Shippensburg has two separate five-game winning streaks this season…the Raiders went 19-9 and reached the PSAC quarterfinals in 2007-08, the season in which it had its last seven-game winning streak…freshman Shaniece Jackson scored her first collegiate points with a pair of free throws in the final minute…SU's 53 rebounds are its second-highest total of the season, trailing only the 58 boards it grabbed in the season opener versus Washington Adventist.