Box Score
Nicole Carman scored 20 points off the bench and the Lady Cats opened-up a 17-point second half advantage on their way to an 85-78 PSAC West victory over Seton Hill University, Saturday afternoon in the Sports Center. Pitt-Johnstown made it two straight wins and improved to 9-14 overall and 6-7 in conference-play.
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Pitt-Johnstown trailed only one time in the first half, before taking control and building a 12-point advantage.
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After Seton Hill went up 3-2 less than two minutes into the game, the Lady Cats used a 15-run over the next six minutes to go in front by eight on
Inaya Stephenson's lay-up at 12:40.
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Paige Alviani's jumper two minutes later cut the Griffins' deficit to five, but back-to-back
Kelsey Sleighter 3-pointers pushed Pitt-Johnstown's lead into double digits with six minutes left in the half.
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The Lady Cats eventually built to 12 at 36-24 on Sleighter's fourth 3-point of the half, before Pitt-Johnstown went into the halftime break up 38-28.
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Another 3-pointer from Sleighter to open the second half extended it to 13, before the Griffins answered with eight straight points of their own to pull to within five at 41-36 on two Alviani free-throws.
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However, a long 3-pointer from
Leah Hansen quickly got the lead back to, before a 3-pointer from Carman closed out a 28-16 run over the next 11 minutes that gave Pitt-Johnstown its largest lead of the day at 69-52 with 6:11 to play.
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Seton Hill battle back to cut it to it to seven late, but Pitt-Johnstown wouldn't allow the Griffins to get any closer.
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Carman's 20 points and team-high eight rebounds paced four Lady Cats who scored in double figures. Sleighter finished with 19 points, including five 3-pointers, while Hansen also had 19 points.Â
Jasmine Harper's 13 points and six rebounds rounded out the Pitt-Johnstown players who scored in double figures.
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Rachel Johnson is in 19
th-place on the Lady Cat All-Time Rebounding List with 575, while Carman ranks 28
th on the rebounding list with 464.
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Pitt-Johnstown wrapped-up the day shooting 51.7% (30-58) from the floor, including 11-25 from behind the 3-point line. The Lady Cats also connected on 14-17 from the free-throw line. Seton Hill shot 53.7% (29-54) from the field, but just 2-10 from 3-point range. The Griffins were 18-23 from the charity stripe.
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Alviani's game-high 23 points and five rebounds, and Katie Gattuso's 22 points and game-high nine rebounds led the way for Seton Hill, which lost its fifth straight game and dropped to 12-12 overall and 4-10 in the PSAC West.
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The Lady Cats travel to California (PA) for a PSAC game on Wednesday, before returning home to celebrate Senior Day with the Mountain Cats against conference rival Gannon University on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. in the Sports Center.