Seton Hill hosted Clarion on Wednesday evening in a PSAC West contest looking to advenge an earlier loss to the Golden Eagles.  The Griffins built a 30-19 haltime lead and evened the season series with Clarion after a 53-46 victory.  SHU improves to 11-10 overall and 7-8 in PSAC play while the Golden Eagles fall to 7-14 overall and 7-8 in PSAC play.

The Griffins took an early 4-0 lead in the contest on baskets from Jenna Kaufman and Jharrin Gill in the first minute of play.  Clarion answered right back with six straight points to take a 6-4 lead, three minutes into the contest.  Hannah Laslo tied the score with a bucket and back to back baskets from Gill gave SHU a 10-6 lead.  SHU used baskets from Kaufman, Laslo and Alexandra Hay to take a 16-10 lead after one quarter of play.

Back to back baskets from Kinross Obiefule and a free throw from Chrisanna Green extended the Griffins lead to 21-12 with 7:17 left in the second quarter.  Clarion battled back to trim the lead to 23-18 with 1:49 left in the half.  The Griffins then outscored the Golden Eagles 7-1 the rest of the half to take a 30-19 halftime advantage.

After a three pointer from Hay and a jumper from Mariah Wells, SHU led 41-22 with 4:47 left in the third quarter.  Clarion then went on an 11-0 run to cut the lead to 41-33 with 1:34 left in the quarter.  A layup from Kaufman and a three pointer from Wells pushed the Griffins lead back to 46-33 at the end of the third quarter.

Kaufman opened the scoring in the fourth quarter before Clarion scored four straight to trim the SHU lead to 48-37 with 6:35 left in the game.  Green answered with a basket and Hay hit one of two from the line to push the lead back to 51-37 with 4:47 to play.  Over the next two minutes, the Golden Eagles outscored the Griffins 6-0 to cut the lead to 51-43 with 2:33 to play.  Gill hit two free throws down the stretch and the Griffin defense locked down holding Clarion to just one field goal the rest of the way for the 53-46 victory.

Seton Hill shot 40% from the floor while holding Clarion to just 29% from the floor.  SHU hurt themselves going just 5-16 at the free throw line.  Seton Hill also outrebounded the Golden Eagles by a 44-38 margin.

Jenna Kaufman and Jharrin Gill each led the Griffins with 10 points each.  Kaufman also added 6 rebounds while Gill added 3 assists.  Mariah Wells, Alexandra Hay and Kinross Obiefule each tossed in 8 points each.  Wells finished the game with 12 rebounds while Obiefule added 7. 

Seton Hill returns to action on Saturday when they travel to Pitt Johnstown for a 1 PM tip.