Seton Hill closed out their Pre-Christmas portion of their schedule with an afternoon game against Salem International on Monday afternoon.  The game was tight throughout but the Griffins pulled away late for a 73-62 victory.  SHU improves to 8-3 on the season while Salem International drops to 1-13.  It's the best start for a Griffin team since the 2010-11 season when SHU started the season 9-2. 

The Griffins took their first lead of the game at 3-2 when Alexandra Hay answered a Salem basket with a three pointer of her own.  That would be the only lead the Griffins would have in the first quarter until Chrisanna Green scored with 2:02 to play to put SHU ahead 15-13.  The first quarter featured four ties.

SHU started off the second quarter by outscoring the Tigers 7-1 to take a 22-15 lead with 6:34 to play in the half.  Jenna Kaufman scored five of the seven points during the run.  Salem responded and took a 27-26 lead with 2:08 to go in the half.  Hay scored the final five points of the half for the Griffins as they took a 33-31 lead into the locker room at halftime. 

The Tigers tied the score at 35 and took their final lead of the game at 37-35 with 6:52 left in the third quarter.  The Griffins could not put the Tigers away as they only led 44-43 with 3:18 left in the quarter.  SHU then began to take control of the game over the next two minutes as they outscored the Tigers 8-0 to take a 52-43 lead late in the quarter. 

The visitors cut the SHU lead to 54-49 early in the fourth quarter but the Griffins used a 14-3 run over a 3:20 minute stretch to put the game away. 

Jenna Kaufman led the Griffins with 16 points.  Chrisanna Green posted a double double of 15 points and 16 rebounds, giving her 34 rebounds over her previous two games.  Alexandra Hay and Halie Torris also reached double figures with 12 points each.  Mariah Wells added 8 points. 

SHU will be off for the Christmas Holiday and will return to action on Dec 30th when they open PSAC West play by hosting Slippery Rock at 1 PM.