The Griffins made the short trip to Johnstown for a PSAC West matchup with Pitt Johnstown on Sunday evening.  

For the third straight contest, the Griffins fell behind early but were able to rally for their ninth straight win.  Katie Nolan scored a career high 31 points, including the first 14 points of the fourth quarter, as the Griffins defeated UPJ 65-58.  SHU is now 15-4 overall and 9-1 in the PSAC while UPJ drops to 6-10 overall and 4-6 in the PSAC.  

Two baskets from Katie Nolan and one from Samantha Kosmacki gave SHU an early 6-2 lead.  UPJ then scored the next 15 points to take a 17-6 lead with just over a minute to play in the quarter.  Christiane Frye added a three pointer and Cheyenne Trest hit two free throws as the Griffins trailed 22-11 after one quarter of play.  

In the second quarter, the UPJ lead moved between seven and thirteen points as the Mountain Cats settled for a 32-23 halftime lead.  

The Mountain Cats scored the first five points of the third quarter as they took their largest lead of the game, 37-23, less than a minute into the second half.  Rena Enterline ended the little 5-0 run with a three pointer.  Midway through the quarter, the Griffins still trailed by nine points at 41-32.  UPJ would only score two more points in the quarter as the Griffins closed the quarter on a 12-2 run to take a 44-43 lead heading into the fourth quarter.  Nolan had five points in the run and Frye added four.  

The fourth quarter was all Nolan all the time as she scored the first 14 points for the Griffins as they built a 58-49 lead with just under four minutes to play.  UPJ answered back with seven straight to cut the SHU advantage to 58-56 with 1:45 to play but Frye hit a key basket to push the lead back to four with 1:15 to play.  Two Enterline steals led to three Griffin free throws and a 63-56 lead with 39 seconds left.  Nolan pulled down a rebound and Kosmacki added two more free throws as SHU closed out their ninth straight win.

The Griffins held UPJ to just 31% shooting from the floor over the final three quarters including just 2-14 from three point land.  SHU forced 17 UPJ turnovers and outrebounded the Mountain Cats 38-30.  

Nolan posted her eighth double double of the season with a career high 31 points and 15 rebounds.  Kosmacki added 14 points and Frye also reached double figures with 12 points.  

Seton Hill will continue PSAC West play on Monday evening with a home matchup with Edinboro.