Seton Hill hosted Edinboro in a PSAC West contest on Monday evening in the McKenna Center.
The Griffins used a 48-28 second half advantage, including a 20-8 fourth quarter, as they won their tenth straight contest with a 79-68 come from behind victory over the Fighting Scots. SHU is now 16-4 overall and 10-1 in the PSAC, good for first place in the PSAC Western Division standings. Edinboro falls to 8-5 overall and 6-4 in the PSAC.
SHU got off to a very fast start, taking a 7-0 lead just over two minutes into the contest.
Katie Nolan opened with a basket, followed by a three pointer from
Rena Enterline.
Sonia Sarda capped off the 7-0 run. Edinboro responded with a 14-5 run to take a 14-12 lead before a late layup from
Samantha Kosmacki tied the contest at 14.
A three pointer from Kosmacki gave SHU a 21-19 lead just under three minutes into the quarter. Midway thru the quarter, Kosmacki answered a Scot three with a three of her own to tie the score at 26. Edinboro then went on a 12-0 run to build a 38-26 lead with just over a minute remaining in the half. A three point play from
Cheyenne Trest and a basket from Nolan trimmed the lead to 40-31 at the half.
The Scots continued to hold the lead over the first half of the third quarter, leading 48-42 at the midway point of the quarter.
Joi Burleigh finished off a Trest pass and Kosmacki hit two free throws before Trest buried a three to put the Griffins in front 49-48 with 3:48 to play.
Courtney Tomas answered a Scot three with a three of her own to put the Griffins back in front by one. Edinboro hit a three with eight seconds to play but Trest raced the length of the court and hit a shot just before the buzzer to cut the Scot lead to 60-59 heading to the fourth quarter.
A layup and three pointer from Trest put the Griffins in front 66-62 three minutes into the fourth quarter. Kosmacki added a basket to increase the Griffin lead to six with six minutes remaining. A Trest fastbreak layup followed by a Nolan layup pushed the Griffin lead to 74-66 with 3:44 to play. With just over a minute to play, Kosmacki hit a jumper to increase the SHU lead to 76-68. SHU then hit three of four free throws down the stretch to close out the win.
The Griffins turned up the defense in the fourth quarter, holding the Scots to just three of fifteen from the field. SHU was 8-12 from the floor in the fourth quarter. SHU also dominated the paint, outscoring the Scots 40-18. Seton Hill forced 17 turnovers and outrebounded the Scots by a 42-27 margin.
Trest led the Griffins with a game high 21 points. She was 7-11 from the field, including 2-3 from three point land. Trest also went 5-5 from the line and added six assists. Kosmacki added 17 points on 5-9 shooting from the floor, including 2-3 from three point land. Nolan posted her fourth double double in the last five games as she finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds.
Seton Hill will continue PSAC West play on Wednesday evening when they travel to CalU for a 5:30 PM tip.
