BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University women's basketball team survived 11 lead changes as the Huskies defeated Lock Haven University for the second time this week. The Huskies scored the game's final seven points to win 63-54, Saturday afternoon. With the win, Bloomsburg improved to 6-7 on the year and 4-3 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East play while the Bald Eagles fell to 5-6 and 2-5 in conference action.
 
With just over three minutes to play in regulation, Ahnera Parker banked in a three-point jumper to cut the lead to two, 56-54. Senior Emma Saxton (York, Pa./Central York) drew a foul on the Huskies' ensuing possession, the fifth team foul for Lock Haven, and went to the line to give Bloomsburg a chance for more of a cushion. Saxton hit the first of two to give BU a 58-54 lead. The Huskies then hit 1-of-2 free throws on their next two possessions to extend their lead to five, 59-54, and made it a two-possession game with 2:09 to play.
 
Jaynelle Robinson had a chance to cut the deficit two three with just over a minute to play but missed both of her free throws before Saxton pushed the advantage to six, 60-54, with the second of two free throws at the 34 second mark. After a missed layup but LHU, Megan Fisher (New Holland, Pa./Garden Spot) grabbed the rebound and handed the ball off to Meghan Corridoni (Exeter, Pa./Holy Redeemer). Corridoni was promptly fouled and hit both of her free throws to essentially put the game out of reach of the Bald Eagles, 62-54, with 24 seconds to play. Saxton finished off the game with a free throw with 16.9 seconds to play to seal the 63-54 win.
 
The Huskies took the lead for good in the third period with 2:40 to play as Corridoni hit a jumper in the paint to give Bloomsburg a 42-41 lead. In the third quarter alone, the lead changed hands seven different times and the score was tied once. At the 6:09 mark, Carly Fitzmorris made the first of two free throws before the two teams went back and forth over the next four minutes with six lead changes. The seventh came in first 10 seconds of the quarter as Saxton hit a two-pointer to give BU a 29-28.
 
Lock Haven closed out the first half with a 29-27 lead after chipping away at Bloomsburg's eight-point lead over the final four minutes of the quarter. Jackie Fetsko made a layup with 24 seconds left before the break to give LHU a 28-27 lead.
 
The first period featured one lead change but three ties as the Huskies and Bald Eagles battled for momentum. Lock Haven raced out to a five-point lead, 5-0, in the 1:08 but a three from Corridoni got the Huskies on the board at the 8:05 mark and a second-chance jumper in the paint with 6:42 to go tied the game at 5-5. Robinson took the lead back for Lock Haven with a layup at the 4:44 mark but Saxton tied the game with a jumper just over two minutes later. A two from Ella Kale (Spring Grove, PA/Spring Grove) gave the Huskies their first lead of the game, 9-7, with 1:48 to play but Robinson answered to tie the game at 9-9 on the next Lock Haven possession. Kale's three with 1:11 to play gave the lead back to Bloomsburg, 12-9, for the rest of the quarter.
 
Saxton led the Huskies in the back-and-forth affair with 17 points, seven rebounds, and five assists, while Corridoni finished the day with 16 points and a team-best nine rebounds. Kale posted a season-best 11 points and two rebounds.
 
As a team, the Huskies shot 24-for-60 (40.0%) from the floor and were 7-for-21 (33.3%) from beyond the arc. The Huskies limited their turnovers and had just eight for the game and limited the Bald Eagles to just one point off of those turnovers. On the other side of the court, Bloomsburg forced three of the Bald Eagles' 15 turnovers and scored 10 points off of the miscues.
 
The Bald Eagles shot 19-for-58 (32.8%) from the floor and were just 3-for-16 from three-point range. Lock Haven finished the day 13-for-23 from the free throw line (56.6%) and got 30 of its 54 points from inside the paint. Parker led the way for Lock Haven with 20 points while Robinson chipped in 16. Robinson led the game with 12 rebounds and Parker finished the day with 11.
 
The Huskies held Lock Haven to two of its lowest shooting percentages of the season in the last two games.
 
Bloomsburg is scheduled to return to action on Monday when the Huskies host East Stroudsburg in a PSAC East contest at Nelson Field House. Tip-off is set for 5:30 pm.