MILLERSVILLE, Pa. - Newcomers Ty Taylor and Mia Leonard joined forces with veteran Marauder Olivia Mottern, all reaching double-digit scoring in Millersville's 75-55 win over Wilmington Monday night at Pucillo Gymnasium. 
 
Millersville improves to 3-4 and Wilmington falls to 0-9 this season. This is the second-straight win at home for the Marauders.
 
Taylor paced the team with 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting alongside Leonard with 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting including a 2-of-2 mark from the free throw line. Mottern tacked on 16 points of her own going 5-of-8 from beyond the arc and 5-of-10 from the field.
 
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Wilmington was the first to get on the board, but Millersville was quick to respond trading points with the Wildcats through the first five minutes. After almost two scoreless minutes, Mottern sunk three consecutive threes to put the Marauders' up by five. Chandera Jones-Aryeh added a 3-pointer followed by back-to-back Lauren Lister layups to give Millersville a six-point lead at the end of the first quarter, 21-16.
• Courtney Dimoff added two threes of her own in the second quarter putting a 12-point gap between the Wildcats and the Marauders. Two made free throws from Jadyn Whitsitt with 22 seconds left in the half put Wilmington within 10 points, 38-28.
• Millersville went on a 6-0 run to open the second half. Wilmington answered with three points from the charity stripe closing the 16-point gap to 13. A Samantha Brusha 3-pointer and Leonard layup created a 17-point difference. The teams traded points through the last three minutes of the third quarter ending with a 55-39 Millersville lead.
• The Marauders expanded their lead in the fourth quarter adding another 21-points. A series of layups, a Mottern three and back-to-back free throws from Atiya McDonald created Millersville's largest lead of the game, 22 points.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Millersville finished 30-of-62 (.484) from the field and 10-of-21 (.476) from beyond the arc. Wilmington shot 31.4 percent and 15.4 percent from the field and 3-point range, respectively.
• Taylor (18) and Leonard (14) recorded season-high scoring efforts. Mottern's five 3-pointers marks a new season-high.
• The Marauders recorded 40 points in the paint to Wilmington's 26. Millersville outrebounded the Wildcats (37-30), as well as led in fast break points (6-3) and bench points (12-7).
 
HEAD COACH MARY FLEIG QUOTES
• "Olivia Mottern has really been our most consistent three. She continually hits big shots for us that have been really nice at home and starts us with getting the run. We are all so confident with her. Courtney Dimoff had a few also and Chandera Jones-Aryeh went 1-for-1. That and the free throws, even though we only got to the line six times we were 5-for-6 which is great. We like our rims here we always say. It's nice to play at home."
• "When you go on the road it's pretty tough. We were just getting our rotation, so we're feeling pretty good with how deep we can go. We can rotate nine to ten kids. The bench and the minutes that they are getting is valuable experience. We've been having some great practices too. It's been very helpful with the strength of our schedule and these conference games coming up."
• "It's a process. It is something we are drilling every day. But, the team is starting to believe in it and trust in it. We were excited that we won. We know what we have to do for the conference games coming up. It was good to get experience with these non-conference games. It's just all about basketball. It's a good time for us to work on a lot."
 
NOTES
• Millersville holds on to its win-streak against Wilmington improving to six-straight victories over the Wildcats. The Marauders are now 6-1 in the all-time series.
• The game marked Millersville's second-straight win at home.
 
UP NEXT
• Millersville continues its four-game home series on Friday, Dec. 20 against Seton Hill. Tip off at 2 p.m.