GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University women's basketball team saw three players hit double-digits in points despite a 90-80 loss to Seton Hill in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) action, Sunday afternoon. The Huskies dropped to 1-3 for the year and 0-2 in the PSAC while the Griffins improved to 5-0 on the season and 2-0 in the conference.
 
Leading the Huskies offense on Sunday was senior Taylor Montana (Berwick, Pa./Berwick) with a season-high 21 points while adding nine rebounds. Junior Megan Brandt (Lebanon, Pa./Northern Lebanon) scored 19 for Bloomsburg with a pair of assists and junior Emma Saxton (York, Pa./Central York) posted 18 points and dished out a team-best four assists. Redshirt junior Lauren Oeth (Doylestown, Pa./Germantown Academy) added nine rebounds to her eight points.
 
As a team, the Huskies shot 47.0% from the field (31-for-66) and went 18-for-24 from the free throw line. The Huskies were edged by the Griffins 47-42 in the rebounding battle.
 
After the Griffins took an 11-0 lead to open the first quarter, Brandt got the Huskies on the board with a layup from Saxton. Brandt's layup kicked off an 11-2 run for the Huskies that cover three minutes of game time and cut the Seton Hill lead to 13-11 with 1:13 to play in the first. The two teams traded baskets to close out the quarter and give SHU a 16-13 lead at the first break.
 
Montana opened the second quarter with a layup in the first 25 seconds and eventually gave the Huskies their first lead of the game, 19-18, with 8:04 to play before halftime. The two teams went back and forth until the Griffins took a 24-21 lead with 6:48 to play. SHU maintained its lead for most of the quarter until senior Bella Ricci (Etters, Pa./Red Land) hit a jumper with 2:59 to play to give Bloomsburg a 31-30 lead. The lead changed hands twice more before Bloomsburg used four unanswered points to close out the half and take a 37-33 lead into the break.

The Huskies maintained their four-point lead in the third before the Griffins went on a 7-0 run over two minutes of game play to take the lead for good, 42-39. The Huskies cut the deficit back to one, 42-41, thanks to a pair of free throws from Montana, but the Griffins staved off any run attempt by the Huskies and eventually pushed their lead to 12, 61-49, with 1:50 to play in the third. The Huskies used a 6-2 run of their own to cut the lead back down to single digits, 63-55, with a jumper from Brandt but Tiana Stewart hit a three at the buzzer to give SHU a 66-55 lead going into the fourth quarter.
 
After almost a minute without a basket in the beginning of the fourth, Oeth broke the stalemate and cut the lead down to 66-57 with a jumper at 9:07. Stewart pushed the lead back to 12 for the Griffins at 8:35. SHU eventually took a 15-point lead, 73-58, with 6:34 to play. Meghan Corridoni (Exeter, Pa./Holy Redeemer) cut the deficit back down to 13, 73-60, but the Griffins once again kept the Huskies from going on a big run. With 2:41 to play, Oeth and Saxton hit back-to-back shots to pull within seven, 80-73, with 2:33 to play. Bloomsburg kept the gap in the single digits over the next minute until Seton Hill pushed its lead back to 11, 88-77. Saxton hit another jumper for the Huskies but a pair of free throws from Seton Hill gave the Griffins a 90-79 lead with 22 seconds left. Montana hit the backend of a trip to the free throw line with 10 seconds left, but that would be the final points of the game as Seton Hill won 90-80.
 
The Huskies have a quick turnaround as they host Holy Family University on Tuesday, November 26 in a non-conference contest. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. at Nelson Field House.