WEST CHESTER, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University women's basketball team fell in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) action at West Chester 78-60 on Saturday (Jan. 27). The loss extends BU's losing streak to seven games.
West Chester led 23-14 at the end of the first quarter, while making five three-pointers in the frame. Camden Boehner opened the scoring with a layup, before Mia Hopkins got West Chester up by four with a jumper.
Meghan Corridoni (Exeter, Pa./Holy Redeemer) got the Huskies on the board with a jumper just over two minutes into the quarter, before another bucket from Hopkins got the Golden Rams up 6-2. Just over four minutes into the game, BU would get within four on a layup from
Taylor Montana (Berwick, Pa./Berwick) to make it 6-4. Katherine Fisher and Montana would trade layups leading up to the halfway point of the frame, before Boehner knocked down a triple to get West Chester up by five with 4:45 to play in the opening quarter. With four and a half minutes to play, the Huskies got within three with two good free throws from
Emma Saxton (York, Pa./Central York) before a series of empty possessions for both teams took the quarter into its final four minutes. A jumper from Montana got BU back within one (10-11) before a layup from Saxton gave the Huskies a brief 12-11 lead with 2:55 to play in the quarter. The Huskies would go quietly from there until the final seconds of the quarter. Lexi Bruno and Hopkins would hit three-pointers on back-to-back trips down the floor to stretch West Chester's lead to five with two minutes left. Boehner would drain a long ball to get the lead to eight with one minute left in the quarter, before replicating the result with 32 seconds left. The final bucket of the first quarter was a layup from
Alyssa Mack (Walnutport, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic).
West Chester was able to stretch their lead into double-digits early in the second, before Bloomsburg would trim it down to seven. The Golden Rams would go to the locker room up 45-29. A jumper from Fisher began the second quarter, before a Bruno layup stretched the lead to 13. Montana kept her strong start going with a jumper to get BU back within 11, before
Lauren Oeth (Doylestown, Pa./Germantown Academy) got in on the scoring to get Bloomsburg back within single-digits. Another Montana jumper kept the mini-run going to get the Huskies within seven, before completing the three-point play to leave the score at 27-21 two and a half minutes into the quarter. As the clock ticked down toward the halfway point, Destiny Jefferson drained a three-pointer that was countered by a Montana layup to leave West Chester up 30-23 with five and a half minutes left. A layup from Porscha Speller put the Golden Rams back up by nine, before a layup from Jefferson re-gained the double-digit lead for the home team. Corridoni exchanged a layup with one good free throw from Bruno to get the game within 10, before Hopkins and
Payton Spadaccino (Ivyland, Pa./Council Rock South) traded layups to leave the difference in double-digits. Another three-pointer from Boehner stretched the lead to 13, before a bucket from Bruno got the lead to a quarter-best 15 points with one minute to play in the half. Inside the final 20 seconds, two free throws from Boehner were countered by a bucket from Mack, before one good free throw from Bruno sent the teams to the locker room.
West Chester would maintain the double-digit lead throughout the entire third quarter, leading by as many as 28 and taking a 24-point lead to the fourth quarter.
Despite the Huskies winning the fourth quarter 18-12, the Golden Rams led by double-digits for the entire duration of the frame to secure the dominant home court win.
As a team, Bloomsburg shot 41.3 percent (26-63) from the floor, just 12.5 percent (1-8) from long range and 41.2 percent (7-17) from the foul line. Three Huskies scored in double-figures in the loss, led by Montana who finished the day with 15 points. Corridoni and Oeth each chipped in 10 points, with Oeth marking a new career-high. Bloomsburg won the battle on the boards 41-33, with Montana and
Darcy Lee (Altoona, Pa./Bishop Guilfoyle) each pulling down a team-high eight. The eight boards set a new career-high for Lee. Saxton finished with a team-high four assists, while
Marianna Maldonado (Stroudsburg, Pa./Pocono Mountain East) recorded a team and career-high three steals on the afternoon.
The win moves West Chester to 15-4 overall and 12-3 in the PSAC, while Bloomsburg falls to 6-15 overall and 3-12 in league play.
The Huskies return home for the first of two games at the Nelson Field House this coming week when they welcome Kutztown on Wednesday (Jan. 31). Tip-off for Wednesday's game is set for 5:30 p.m.
