ERIE, Pa. – The Millersville women's basketball team outscored Mercyhurst 38-37 in the second half, but it wasn't enough to recover the 25-point effort by the Lakers in the second quarter. Despite eight lead changes and four tied scores, Mercyhurst pulled ahead in the final minutes to top Millersville, 76-69.
 
Millersville now holds a 1-3 record overall and is 0-1 in the PSAC. This was the fourth-straight road contest for the Marauders and their first game of PSAC play. Mercyhurst notched its first win of the season to improve to 1-4 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC.
 
Lauren Lister went 10-of-18 from the field for a total of 24 points. Olivia Mottern added 14 points to the Marauders' scoring effort shooting .555 percent from the field and going 4-of-7 from beyond the arc.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Millersville went into the second half trailing by just eight points, 39-31. Mercyhurst came out strong in the third quarter and back-to-back 3-pointer from Eliza Oswalt put the Lakers in the lead by 16, 51-35.
• The Marauders tried to close in on the Lakers, trading points in the final five minutes to encroach on the lead, but Millersville still trailed by 10 points. In the final six seconds, a turnover by Mercyhurst gave the Marauders the momentum they needed. Courtney Dimoff capitalized on the moment sinking a 3-pointer as the clock ran out to put Millersville within seven points of the lead, 57-50.
• Dimoff started the fourth quarter scoring effort by sinking a second 3-pointer. The Lakers' Nicolete Newman was quick to answer with a three of her own. After a 30 second timeout, the Marauders regrouped and a Mia Leonard layup would start the team on a 10-0 run to take the lead, 63-62.
• Five traded free throws between the teams would change the lead twice, but Millersville pulled ahead off a layup by Lister to lead by two, the closest it had been since the first quarter. Mercyhurst ended the final three minutes with an 11-2 run to take the ultimate lead and the victory over the Marauders.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Dimoff went 3-of-8 from the beyond the arc for nine points. She led in rebounds with eight and assists with six.
• Erika Reed, Samantha Brusha, Catherine Copeland and Dimoff recorded a block each.
• Lister had nine steals in the game. Chandera Jones-Aryeh and Mottern added two each.
• The Marauders shot at 42.1 percent from three and 40.3 percent from the field.
• Mercyhurst led Millersville in points in the paint (40-32), second chance points (11-6), and points off the bench (36-5). The Marauders topped the Lakers in points off turnovers (25-11) and fast break points (7-4).
 
NOTES
• This was the 11^th meeting between the Marauders and the Lakers and the first since the 2017-18 season. Millersville now holds a 7-4 record in the series with the Lakers having now won the last three contests.
• This was the fourth double-digit scoring effort and 20-point game for Lister. Mottern recorded her first double-digit scoring effort of the season.
 
UP NEXT
• Millersville wraps up its five-game road swing in Erie, Pa. at Gannon for its second PSAC matchup of the season. Tip off is at 1 p.m.