Box Score

Mansfield, Pa. — Earlier in the week, the 24th-ranked Millersville women's basketball team dropped a game that they'd like to have back. The anger and frustration of that loss was taken out on homestanding Mansfield Saturday afternoon, as the Marauders scored at will in a 59-40 victory at Decker Gymnasium.

On Wednesday night, the Marauders (15-4, 5-1 PSAC East) put forth a forgettable 5-for-30 performance in the first half, but seniors Raquel Green and Ashley Moyer made sure no such futility would take place against the Mountaineers (4-14, 1-5 PSAC East). The two teams swapped buckets over the first four minutes, but Millersville took control soon thereafter with a 17-2 run that took only six minutes. Green scored four points and Moyer hit two consecutive 3-pointers, while Mansfield turned the ball over five times during the run.

Millersville extended the lead out to 23 by the end of the half, as coach Mary Fleig was able to get her reserves into action early on. The Marauder bench scored 13 first half points with Aurielle Mosley scoring six and Dominique Stroman contributing five. Green and Moyer paved the way for MU's 42-19 halftime lead, however, combining for 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting. The 42 points were the most in a first half for the women's basketball team since it put 46 against Lincoln (Pa.) back on Dec. 5, and marked the third time this season that MU eclipsed the 40-point mark in the opening 20 minutes. The Black and Gold grabbed 10 first half steals and forced 16 Mountaineer turnovers which turned into 17 points for the visitors. Millersville also shot well above its average from the charity stripe with an 8-of-11 (72.7-percent) showing in the half.

Green continued to overpower the Mansfield defense, opening the second half with a strong move inside to net two more. Green's Millersville teammates followed her lead, scoring 15 of the first 19 points in the half to open an insurmountable 57-23 advantage with less than 14 minutes remaining. Much of the second half was played by Millersville's bench, and Mansfield saw minimal benefits from it. The Mountaineers offense, which could do nothing with the Marauders in the first half, managed to cut the final deficit to 19, but the outcome was never in doubt.

The Marauders got a game-high 17 points from Green, and Moyer scored all 10 of her points in the first half. Jenna Craig scored eight points and Mashira Newman had six in the win. Mansfield was led by Mallory Moore's 12 points but also got a solid outing from Julia Stevenson, who had 10 points and nine rebounds. Millersville held a 43-31 advantage on the boards and registered 16 more steals. Newman had four of the steals, bringing her season total to 70. She is one steal shy of breaking the school record for steals by a freshman, which was set by Safiyyah Bashir in 1997-98. Millersville improved to 52-3 all-time against Mansfield and has now won six straight against the Mountaineers.

Marauder fans will have a chance to see if Newman can break the freshman steals record on Wednesday night when Millersville hosts East Stroudsburg inside Pucillo Gymnasium at 6 p.m.