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BLOOMSBURG – Senior Marla Simmons (Lebanon/Cedar Crest) powered the Bloomsburg University women's basketball team to its seventh straight win and 20th consecutive victory over a PSAC East opponent with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Huskies defeated visiting Millersville, 69-47, Wednesday night at Nelson Field House.
 
It was another fine performance in a season filled with a long list of such stat sheet-filling nights from Simmons, who hit six of 11 shot attempts and went 8-for-8 at the foul line. She also handed out three assists and finished with four steals in 38 minutes of action.
 
The victory moves the 22nd-ranked Huskies to 14-2 overall and 12-1 in PSAC play while Millersville slumps to 10-9, 7-7.
 
Millersville, hampered by the loss of leading scorer Carly Gallagher who was lost for the year with injury earlier this month, led in the early going.
 
Bloomsburg did not trail long, however. Despite losing senior Jocelyn Ford (Lansing, NY/Lansing) to an injury just three minutes in, the Huskies quickly responded.
 
Three-time reigning PSAC East Freshman of the Week Camden Boehner (Gettysburg/Gettysburg Area) gave Bloomsburg its first lead at 9-7 with a shot from beyond the arc, but Millersville responded for the tie following a jumper from Alexis Martin on the other end at the 15:25 mark.
 
Boehner worked her way to the line on the next possession and made both ends of a one-and-one for the 11-9 edge.
 
Bloomsburg never trailed again. After Yasmin Cooper brought the Marauders to within 15-13 with 12:14 left in the half, the Huskies finished the opening stanza on a 25-9 run and went to the break with a 40-22 advantage following a triple from Taylor Maldonado (Stroudsburg/Allentown Central Catholic).
 
The Huskies' pressure was too much for Millersville early on as Bloomsburg forced 17 first half turnovers which resulted in 20 points of offense.
 
Millersville attempted to chip away out of the locker room, closing to 42-28 after Aunjel Van Brakle made one of two at the line.
 
Maldonado found the bottom of the net for another 3-pointer on the next trip down the floor, and the Huskies were again in business. Bloomsburg led by as many as 23 points at 58-35 following a bucket from Boehner with 8:40 remaining and never looked back.
 
The Huskies defense stifled another opponent during the second half, limiting Millersville to a mere 23.3 percent from the floor (7-of-30) after halftime. For the game, Millersville finished at 30.4 percent shooting (17-56).
 
Boehner recorded 12 points off the bench to give the Huskies two players in double-figure scoring. In all, nine Huskies scored with the icing on the victory cake coming on a traditional 3-point play from Lauren Nealon (Ambler/Archbishop Wood) in the final minute.
 
Senior Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) added seven rebounds and four blocks for the Huskies.
 
Martin was the only Millersville player to reach double figures, finishing with 10 points.
 
Bloomsburg travels to Lock Haven on Saturday with tipoff scheduled for 2 p.m.
 
GAME NOTES: Sadowski moved into seventh place all-time in Huskies career blocks with 93, moving past Barb Hall's 91 from 1987-90 … Bloomsburg's last setback vs. a PSAC East opponent came on Dec. 7, 2013 at Shippensburg … The Huskies held an opponent under 60 points for the 11th time this season.