The Griffins continued on their three game road trip with a PSAC crossover matchup at Bloomsburg on Wednesday evening.  SHU trailed by as many as twelve points and rallied to take a lead but came up just short in an 85-82 road loss.  SHU drops to 11-6 overall and 5-6 in PSAC action.  The Huskies improve to 12-6 overall and 8-3 in PSAC play.

The Huskies took a quick 10-4 lead over the Griffins to start the contest.  SHU took their first lead of the game (14-13) on a three pointer from Megan Marecic with 3:15 to play in the quarter.  Five straight points from Cheyenne Trest extended the lead to 19-13.  A three from Marecic pushed the lead to 22-15 with 1:43 to play in the quarter.  Bloomsburg tied the game at 22 before Katie Nolan's bucket gave SHU a 24-22 lead after the first quarter. 

The second quarter was not a good one for the Griffins as they were outscored 23-11 and were just 2-15 from the floor including 1-9 from three point land.  The quarter opened well as Tiana Stewart hit a three to push the lead to 27-22.  The Griffins went nearly seven minutes between made field goals and trailed 36-31 after Nolan's basket with 2:42 to play.  Bloomsburg extended their lead to ten, 45-35 at the half. 

Seton Hill opened the third quarter on a 7-0 run, four points coming from Trest, as they cut the lead to 45-42 with 7:40 left in the quarter.  A three pointer from Marecic tied the game at 49 with 6:14 left.  Sydney Rabold hit the first of her 3 three pointers to tie the game at 56.  Nolan followed with a basket to give SHU a 58-56 lead with 1:56 to go.  Bloomsburg took a 62-60 lead into the fourth quarter. 

Another Rabold three pointer gave SHU a 65-64 lead early in the fourth quarter.  Rabold answered a Bloomsburg three with another of her own to push the SHU lead to 75-73 with 4:40 to play.  SHU took their final lead of the game at 77-76 on a Nolan bucket with 2:50 to play.  Bloomsburg hit back to back baskets to take an 80-77 lead with just over two minutes remaining.  Trest hit a long three pointer to cut the lead to 81-80 with 13 seconds to play.  Bloomsburg hit both of their free throws and Nolan hit a put back to cut the lead back to one with just one second to play.  The Huskies hit two free throws for the 85-82 win.

Marecic led four Griffins in double figures with 18 points.  Nolan just missed a double double with 17 points and 9 rebounds.  Trest finished with 16 points.  Stewart tossed in 10 points.  Rabold added 9 points on 3-3 shooting from three point land. 

SHU will close out their road trip on Saturday when they travel to UPJ for a PSAC West contest.