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BLOOMSBURG—Bloomsburg University placed three players in double figures but fell at home to West Chester, 78-65, on Wednesday night in a PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) Eastern Division matchup.
 
After grabbing an early 2-0 lead on a bucket by Kristie Costantino (Norristown/Archbishop John Carroll), the visitors ran off eight straight points, including back-to-back three's by Jasmen Clark. Bloomsburg came back and tied the score at 10-10 with 1:42 left in the first quarter with Alex Ross (Lancaster/Manheim Township) hitting a 3-pointer and Alyssa Mack (Walnutport/Allentown Central Catholic) completing a traditional 3-point play in the rally. West Chester though closed on an 8-3 run to lead 18-13 after one period.
 
The Golden Rams then caught fire in the second quarter outscoring the Huskies 18-9, while shooting 8-14 from the floor to lead by 14 points at the break, 36-22. Defensively they forced the Huskies into seven turnovers for the period and 15 for the opening half.
 
Bloomsburg rallied in the third quarter. A 3-pointer by Costantino to open the period followed by buckets from Ross and Julia Gantz (Havertown/Archbishop John Carroll) made it a nine-point game at 38-29 with 7:06 left in the period.
 
After West Chester pushed the lead back to 10 with 5:23 to in the third, the Huskies Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) got hot scoring six points with Ross adding four to help narrow the gap to five points heading to the fourth period.
 
Mia Hopkins (Pittston/Pittston Area) started the fourth period with a jumper to get the Huskies to within three points before a 7-0 run from West Chester pushed the lead to 63-53. A Ross lay-in would get the deficit back under 10 with over seven minutes to play, but that's as close as the Huskies would get.
 
An 8-0 run from the Golden Rams doubled their lead to 16 points, 71-55, with 3:39 to go before the Huskies made one last attempt at a rally. A layup from Sadowski and two free throws from Klunk and one from Costantino brought Bloomsburg to within 10 points, 73-63, with under a minute to play, but West Chester hit five of six from the charity stripe to seal the win.
 
For Bloomsburg (12-8, 9-7 PSAC East) Sadowski finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Ross also had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Klunk also reached double figures with 13 points.
 
Wester (16-5, 13-4 PSAC East) had five players in double figures led by Dallas Ely and Kendall Benovy with 15 points each. Also, Madison Torresin scored 14 with Clark getting 13 and Brittany Sicinski adding 12.
 
The Huskies visit Mansfield on Saturday at 1 p.m.