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Seton Hill hosted Carlow University in their second annual Kids Day matchup in the McKenna Center on Wednesday afternoon.  Carlow led for nearly 34 minutes of the contest but the Griffins were able to respond and take the lead late in the game and escaped with a 62-54 non conference victory.  With the win, the Griffins improve to 4-2 on the season. 

Carlow scored the first bucket of the game before Mariah Wells opened the Griffins scoring with a three point play at the 8:43 mark of the first quarter.  Carlow scored the next four points of the game to take a 6-3 lead.  Two free throws by Alexandria Deep and a layup from Halie Torris gave SHU a 7-6 lead with 4:16 to play in the quarter.  The Griffins would not hold a lead again in the contest until midway through the fourth quarter.  Lindsey Mifsud tied the score at 12 with a three pointer but the Celtics scored the final six points of the quarter to take a 18-12 lead after one period of play. 

Back to back layups from Chrisanna Green cut the lead to 18-16 early in the second quarter.  The Celtics then went on an 8-0 run over a three minute stretch to take a 26-16 lead with 5:55 left in the half.  Torris ended the run with a three pointer but the Celtics scored nine straight to build their lead up to 35-19 late in the quarter.  Green scored the final bucket of the half as SHU trailed 35-21 at the halftime break.  Carlow shot 48% from the field in the first half to just 26% for the Griffins. 
 
Carlow took their biggest lead of the contest at 41-23 with 7:23 to play in the third quarter.  From that point on it was all Griffins as they outscored the Celtics, 39-13, the rest of the contest.  Mifsud hit two free throws to start the Griffin run.  Jessica Slagus then got a block and Wells followed with a three pointer to trim the lead to 41-28.  Wells then drained her second three of the quarter to cut the lead to 42-31 with 5:37 to play.  Carlow stopped the run with a bucket to push the lead back to 13 but a layin from Green and two baskets from Slagus cut the lead to 44-37 at the end of the third quarter. 

 

Kinross Obiefule hit one of two free throws to cut the lead to six points early in the fourth quarter.  Another three from Wells and a layup from Deep trimmed the lead to 44-43 with 7:25 to play.  Carlow hit a basket to take a three point lead before Gill's jumper and a layup from Deep gave the Griffins their first lead since the first quarter at 47-46 with 5:42 to play.  Carlow back to back three's around a Jenna Kaufman three and took their last lead of the game at 54-51 with 4:08 to play.  Gill hit a jumper then hit one of two free throws to tie the score at 54.  Hannah Laslo hit the game winning basket with 1:19 to play to put SHU ahead 56-54.  SHU hit 6 of 8 free throws down the stretch to ice the game as they ended the game on an 11-0 run.

Seton Hill finished the game shooting 41% from the field including 59% in the second half.  The Griffins held Carlow to just 17% shooting in the second half.  SHU held a 40-38 advantage in rebounds and finished the game with 12 blocks. 

Mariah Wells led the Griffins with a double double performance of 14 points and 11 rebounds.  Chrisanna Green just missed a double double with 8 points and 11 rebounds.  Jharrin Gill tossed in 9 points while Alexandria Deep added 8 points. 

The Griffins will take a break for Thanksgiving and return to action next Tuesday evening when they host Pitt Johnstown to open up PSAC West action.