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BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University women's basketball team dropped to 0-3 to start the season after a 49-45 loss to visiting Chestnut Hill College on Tuesday night at the Nelson Field House. The Griffins, members of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), improved to 3-0 on the young season.

It was Bloomsburg's first loss to the Griffins in seven career matchups.

Neither team could generate much in the way of offense on Tuesday night as the teams combined for 93 missed shots and 40 turnovers. Bloomsburg shot just 27.9% from the field (17-of-61) and turned the ball over 21 times while Chestnut Hill shot only 25.8% from the floor (17-of-66) and committed 19 turnovers.

The Huskies led by seven, 39-32, with just over eight minutes left in regulation after freshman Meghan Corridoni (Exeter, Pa./Holy Redeemer) knocked down a pair of free throws. However, the Griffins closed out the contest on a 17-6 run as the Huskies could muster only three lay-ups from sophomore Casey Warley (West Chester, Pa./Bayard Rustin), freshman Taylor Montana (Berwick, Pa./Berwick), and Corridoni the rest of the way.

The first quarter was an indication of things to come as the score was deadlocked at 8-8 after the opening ten minutes. The teams combined for 37 shot attempts with the Huskies making 4-of-21 (19.0%) from the floor while the Griffins were just 3-of-16 (18.8%). Things picked up a bit in the second quarter with the Huskies outscoring the Griffins, 16-15, to take a 24-23 lead to the locker room at halftime.

It was a slow start to the third quarter as the teams combined for only nine points in the first 5:19 before the Huskies went on a 9-2 run to close the third period with their largest lead of the game, 37-30. Sophomore Marissa Molnar (Erie, Pa./McDowell) snapped a 28-28 tie with a three-pointer that sparked the run. Montana had two baskets, sandwiched around a layup from sophomore Alyssa Mack (Walnutport, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic), to provide the rest of the scoring during the spurt.

Chestnut Hill was limited to just seven points in the third quarter on 3-of-17 from the field.

The Griffins' Mary Trossi cut Bloomsburg's lead to five at the outset of the fourth quarter before Corridoni's free throws gave the Huskies their seven-point advantage back with 8:24 left. Chestnut Hill began to chip away as Brittany McDonough hit the team's first triple of the game to cut the lead to four, 39-35, with 7:17 left in regulation. After Jaeda Wildgoose converted two free throws to cut the lead to two, Warley converted a layup to stop the bleeding momentarily and to give the Huskies a 41-37 lead with 5:51 remaining.

Chestnut Hill, however, scored the next six points to take a 43-41 lead with 2:05 left in regulation. Montana, who finished with a career-high 12 points, tied the game at 43-43 on a basket with 1:52 left. Corridoni followed with a layup to regain the lead, 45-43, but those would prove to be the final points the Huskies would score over the final 1:21. Trossi tied the game at 45-45 with 51 seconds left and then, after three offensive rebounds by the Griffins, Wildgoose gave the visitors the lead for good on a put-back with 12 seconds remaining.

Montana led the Huskies with 12 points on 5-of-11 from the field and 2-of-2 from the foul line. She added six rebounds and three blocked shots - giving her a team-high eight on the season. Corridoni also finished in double figures as she posted 11 points while adding five rebounds and three steals.

The rest of the team combined to score 22 points on 8-of-38 (21.1%) from the field.

Senior Alex Ross (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) collected career-highs in rebounds (11) and blocked shots (4) while scoring six points for the Huskies.

Wildgoose was the only Griffin in double figures as she finished with 15 points and nine rebounds. McDonough pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds for the visitors. Chestnut Hill held a 54-42 advantage on the boards with 20 of those rebounds coming on the offensive end.

Bloomsburg will look to pick up its first victory of the season on Saturday, November 26 when it travels to Georgian Court. Start time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.