After knocking off two top twenty teams in their previous two contests, the Griffin women's basketball team entered the PSAC playoffs on a high.  Seton Hill continued that high on Monday evening as they went 14-30 from three point land and outscored Pitt Johnstown 27-14 in the fourth quarter for an 80-64 victory over the Lady Cats.  With the win, the Griffins advance to the PSAC Quarterfinals.  SHU is now 19-10 on the season while UPJ ends their season at 13-16. 

Both teams exchanged baskets in the early going as UPJ led 8-7 four minutes in.  A three pointer from Lexi Civittolo and a three point play from Katie Nolan extended the lead to 13-8 midway thru the quarter.  Later in the quarter, Megan Marecic scored eight straight points for the Griffins, the last six on back to back threes to give SHU a 21-11 lead.  The Griffins took a 21-13 lead into the second quarter. 

UPJ trimmed the lead to 21-17 early in the second quarter but the Griffins responded with a 10-0 run, eight more from Marecic to build a 31-17 lead midway thru the quarter.  Back to back three pointers from Tiana Stewart gave SHU a 42-26 lead with 1:42 to play in the first half.  The Griffins led 42-30 at the half.  Marecic paced the Griffins with 19 points on 7-9 shooting in the first half.

The Griffins got off to a slow start in the third quarter, only scoring eight points in the first nine minutes of the quarter.  UPJ cut the Griffins lead to 50-48 with 1:10 to play but another three from Marecic extended the lead to 53-48.  A late layup from UPJ cut the SHU lead to 53-50 at the end of the third quarter. 

Two UPJ free throws cut the SHU lead to one at 53-52 early in the fourth quarter.  Marecic answered with a three point play of her own to push the lead back to four.  A three point play from UPJ cut the lead to 60-57 with 7:54 to play.  Three straight three pointers from the Griffins pushed the lead back to ten at 69-59 with 6:31 to play.  Cheyenne Trest hit two of the three threes.  UPJ would not get any closer down the stretch as SHU outscored the Cats 27-14 in the fourth.

Seton Hill was 8-14 from the floor and 4-7 from three in the fourth quarter.  SHU finished the game shooting 48% from the floor and 47% from three. 

Marecic led the Griffins with 22 points.  She also added 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and a block.  Nolan finished with a double double of 15 points and 10 rebounds.  Courtney Cecere had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.  Civittolo was the fourth in double figures with 10 points.  Stewart finished with nine points on three threes.  Trest scored eight points in the fourth quarter.

SHU will now travel to top seed Indiana (PA) on Wednesday for the PSAC Quarterfinal.  Game time is set for 5:30 PM.