Seton Hill hosted #13 Edinboro on Wednesday evening in a PSAC West contest at the McKenna Center. The Fighting Scots jumped out to a ten point lead after the first quarter and never looked back in defeating the Griffins by the score of 75-61. SHU falls to 17-7 overall and 12-6 in PSAC play while the Scots improve to 19-2 overall and 15-2 in PSAC action.
After Edinboro scored the first four points of the game,
Lindsey Mifsud hit a three to open the scoring for the Griffins. Five straight from the Scots pushed the lead back to six before a three pointer from
Cheyenne Trest and a basket from
Hannah Laslo trimmed the lead to 9-8 with 5:28 to play in the quarter. Edinboro answered with a 9-0 run to build their lead to ten points. An old fashioned three point play from Trest and a three pointer from
Courtney Cecere brought the Griffins back to 20-14 with 2:10 to play. The Scots scored the final four points of the quarter to take a 24-14 lead into the second quarter.
Edinboro built their lead to as many as 16 points in the second quarter before the Griffins scored seven straight to cut the lead to 32-23 with 5:41 to go in the half. Two free throws from Trest and a three pointer from
Jenna Kaufman cut into the Scots lead and SHU trailed 37-30 at the break.
The Griffins were able to cut the Scots lead to four points three times during the third quarter, the last being on a three pointer from Cecere with 4:20 to go in the quarter that cut the lead to 48-44. The Scots then closed the quarter on a 9-2 run to take a 57-46 advantage into the fourth quarter.
Seton Hill would get no closer than eleven points in the fourth quarter as the Scots were able to hold a double digit lead.
Seton Hill head coach
Mark Katarski coached in his 500th game on Wednesday evening.
The Griffins were led by
Courtney Cecere who tied her career high with 14 points.
Jenna Kaufman posted a double double of 13 points and 15 rebounds. The 15 rebounds are a new career high for Kaufman. Both
Lindsey Mifsud and
Cheyenne Trest each added 11 points in the loss.
Hannah Laslo finished with 6 points and 8 rebounds and
Alexandra Hay added 6 points and 7 rebounds.
SHU returns to action on Saturday when they host Mercyhurst at 1 PM.