Box Score

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – Doomed by a poor second half compounded by a dominant Millersville run, the Shippensburg University women's basketball team let an early second-half seven-point lead slip away to the Marauders in a 72-61 Saturday afternoon loss in a crucial PSAC Eastern Division contest from Pucillo Gymnasium.

The teams – which entered the day in a three-way tie for second place in the PSAC East – played a back-and-forth first half with neither team getting out front by more than four points until the final two minutes of the half. There were nine lead changes and seven ties in a first half that included 22 combined personal fouls.

Shippensburg (11-7, 5-3 PSAC East) entered halftime up five, 39-34, and after a layup by freshman Logan Snyder to begin the second half, the Marauders (11-7, 6-2) embarked on a 22-5 run in a six-minute span to open up a double-digit lead at 56-46 with 12 minutes remaining.

The Raiders were just once able to get within a possession of the lead for the remainder of the game as they shot just 22 percent (7-of-32) from the field in the second half after an 11-of-26 (42 percent) first half. SU failed to make a field goal in the final 8:26 of regulation and made just one of its eight three-point attempts after shooting 6-of-10 from beyond the arc in the first half.

The Raiders were led by freshman Lauren Gold, who scored 18 points on 3-of-5 shooting from three-point range. Snyder made a career-high three shots from downtown (on four attempts) and added 15 points off the bench while freshman Morgan Griffith scored seven points and gathered a game-high 12 rebounds.

The Marauder defense managed to hold Shippensburg's scoring tandem of senior Sarah Strybuc and sophomore Stephanie Knauer – who entered the day ranked second (18.9 ppg) and fourth (17.4 ppg) in the PSAC in scoring, respectively – to just 12 combined points and 4-of-15 shooting.

The Raiders travel to Lock Haven on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. contest against the Bald Eagles from Thomas Fieldhouse.