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Women's Basketball

Lady Cats Pull Away in 76-60 Win at Slippery Rock

Slippery Rock, PA

Box Score
Nicole Carman scored a game-high 19 points and the Lady Cats outscored Slippery Rock University by 16 over the final 11 minutes to break open a tie game in a 76-60 road, PSAC Western Division victory over the Rock on Saturday.  Pitt-Johnstown snapped a two game losing streak and improved to 8-14 overall and 5-7 in conference-play.
 
After falling behind by three early, Pitt-Johnstown used seven first-half 3-pointers and balanced scoring to build a nine-point halftime advantage.
 
Consecutive 3-pointers from Kayla DeCriscio, Carman, and Kelsey Sleighter put the Lady Cats up by 10, before a bucket in the paint from Inaya Stephenson at 11:10 gave Pitt-Johnstown its largest lead of the first half at 25-13.
 
Slippery Rock narrowed the gap to six on a Megan Hardiman's lay-up four minutes later, but five straight points, including a basket from Jasmine Harper, rebuilt the Lady Cat lead to 30-19 with 6:45 remaining.
 
The Rock answered again.  This time to cut it to 32-27 on Erica Aiella's bucket, but two more points from Harper and a 3-pointer from Leah Hansen helped Pitt-Johnstown take a 42-33 lead into the halftime break.
 
Slippery Rock outscored the Lady Cats 16-7 over the first 9:09 of the second half to pull to knot it at 49 on a D'Asia Chambers jumper.
 
However, five points from Harper and a pair of 3-pointers from Hansen extended the lady Cat lead back to nine with just under eight minutes to play.
 
Pitt-Johnstown never let The Rock get closer than seven pulled away for the 16-point win.
 
Rachel Johnson is in 19th-place on the Lady Cat All-Time Rebounding List with 573, while Carman ranks 29th on the rebounding list with 456.
 
Carman's 19 points and eight rebounds led four Lady Cats who scored in double figures.  Hansen scored 15 points, including four 3-pointers, while harper had 14 points and six rebounds, and Sleighter finished with 11 points.  DeCriscio added nine points and four rebounds in the victory.
 
Pitt-Johnstown shot 41.5% (27-65) from the field, 11-29 from 3-point range, and 11-13 from the free-throw line.  Slippery Rock was held to just 32.8% (21-64) shooting and just 4-9 from behind the 3-point line.  The Rock was also 14-22 from the charity stripe.
 
Chambers' 16 points and six rebounds and Jazmyne Frost's 12 points and eight rebounds paced the Rock, now 4-18 overall and 1-11 in the PSAC West.
 
The Lady Cats host a PSAC doubleheader with the Mountain Cats against Seton Hill on Saturday, starting at 1 p.m. at the Sports Center, before traveling to California (PA) for another conference game on February 19.
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