GREENSBURG, Pa. – The Millersville women's basketball team dropped the front end of back-to-back games this weekend to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West foe, Seton Hill.

Millersville (1-7, 0-4 PSAC West) came of out of the gate strong, taking the first lead of the game and holding it until 2:10 mark in the second quarter, with the largest lead being eight midway through the second. However, the Griffins (8-4, 3-1 PSAC) would take the lead with less than two minutes left in the first half and didn't look back, soaring to a 66-43 victory.

The Marauders will now head to California, Pa. to face off with Cal U in their final game until New Years Eve.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• La'Shyra Williams has played well early in games this season and had herself another strong outing in the first quarter this afternoon. The score was 6-4 before she was able to drain and jumper and score a bucket inside to stretch the Marauder lead to six with 3:30 left in the quarter.
• Senior Guard Ty Taylor, who leads the team in steals, came up with ball turned over by Samantha Kosmacki early in the second quarter and scored on the other end to give Millersville its largest lead of the afternoon at eight.
• The score was 22-15 in favor of Millersville before the Griffins drained three shots from beyond the arch, and a free throw, to give themselves their first lead of the game with less than two minutes left in the first half.
• Seton Hill erupted for 20 points in the third while the Marauders were only able to post six points to counter, leading to the Griffins eventual victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Griffins held the edge in points off turnovers (20-17), bench points (39-22), and fast break points (12-2)
• The Marauders held the edge in second chance points (10-7) and points in the paint (22-18).
• Millersville finished the game shooting 29.4% from the floor, 14.3% from beyond the arch, and 63.2% from the free-throw line. They shot a team-high 54.55% in the first quarter of play.
• Taylor led the team in scoring with nine, while Lister and Brenna Ortwein each had six.
• Brenna Ortwein, who leads the team in rebounding, added eight more to her season total tonight. Taylor and Williams each grabbed four boards as well.
• Ortwein, Bria Beverly, and Chandera Aryeh-Jones each has two assists to lead Millersville.

POST GAME THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH SHARAY HALL

• On the first quarter play: "We stuck to the game plan in the first. Excited on offense and applied pressure on defense to cause turnovers."
• On the play down the stretch: "We didn't defend the three-point line well and had a hard time scoring. We have to put together 40 minutes of food basketball in order to be successful."

UP NEXT

• The Marauders will take a brief break until New Years Eve when they will face off with Goldey-Beacom at Pucillo Gymnasium.