Box Score Louisville, Ky. – The women's basketball team was hoping to charge into the New Year with good vibes by winning both games in its travels to the Bellarmine Tournament in Kentucky. The host Knights had other plans Sunday afternoon, stopping the Marauders in their tracks and dropping Millersville by a score of 73-66.
 
Mashira Newman's 18 points weren't enough for a Millersville team that shot just 36.8 percent from the field and 21.1 percent from 3-point range. The senior captain's team-high point total tied a season-high and added to her other team-highs of seven rebounds and six assists.
 
With her fourth assist in the game, Newman notched the 400^th of her illustrious career. She currently ranks seventh all-time in program history, just six behind current Millersville athletic director Peg Kauffman (408) for sixth place on the list.
 
The Marauders led for much of the first half, reaching an eight-point lead on five different occasions. The final time Millersville led by eight came with 8:10 left in the first on a layup by Carly Gallagher, giving the Marauders a 26-18 edge. Gallagher was second on the team in scoring with 10 points.
 
The Knights were not to be outdone on their home floor, roaring back to take the lead with 2:19 left to go in the first half at 30-29. Bellarmine went into the locker rooms with a four point advantage, but led by as many as six. Celeste Robinson gave Millersville momentum leading into halftime with a driving layup at just three seconds on the clock. Robinson finished with six points and a game- and career-high six steals.
 
For as much as Robinson did at the end of the first half, the Knights came storming out of the break, swelling their lead to as much as 17 on one of Kylie Brady's three 3-pointers to make the score 54-37 with 12:43 left in the game. Brady was a thorn in the Marauders' side all afternoon, hitting for a game-high 19 points on an efficient 6-of-9 shooting.
 
After Bellarmine took its largest lead on Brady's three, the Knights held the Marauders at arms' length and held off a late rally, as Millersville closed the gap to as close five points three different times. The Marauders could not surpass that five point barrier, and Brady made the final gap seven by making 1-of-2 free throws with five seconds left.
 
Aurielle Mosley played excellent defense to the tune of three blocks and three steals, but managed just seven points and six rebounds in 29 minutes of action. Freshman forward Yasmin Cooper had a career-high eight points and added six rebounds. Senada Mehmedovic extended her string of hitting 3-pointers, and has hit one in each of eight games this season. She finished with six points and three rebounds.
 
Millersville has a quick turnaround on its hands, as the team is in action in the second half of its back-to-back games tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. The Marauders' second and final game of the Bellarmine Tournament comes against a Missouri S&T Miners team that Millersville has never squared off against. The Miners were 4-3 heading into today's games.