Box Score
After squandering an 18-point first half lead, the Lady Cats outscored Bloomsburg University 20-8 over the final 4:38 to secure a 68-57 victory to kick-off PSAC-play, Saturday afternoon in Bloomsburg.  Olivia McCabe and Jamie Tabon each had double-doubles for the lady Cats, who improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC Western Division.
 
McCabe finished with game-highs of 16 points and 13 rebounds, and Tabon tallied 15 points, 10 rebounds, and seven steals to lead Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Pitt-Johnstown held Bloomsburg to just 25% shooting in the first half and turned 17 Huskies' turnovers into 11 points to build an 11-point halftime lead.
 
Bloomsburg shot just 1-10 shooting in the first five minutes to allow the Lady Cat to open-up a quick eight-point lead.  McCabe scored four early points, and Laurel O'Barto knocked down a pair of free-throws at the five minute mark of the first quarter to put the Lady Cats up 10-2.  Meghan Corridoni's basket cut the Huskies' deficit to six, but Tabon's lay-up and free-throw with 35 seconds left gave Pitt-Johnstown a 17-8 advantage.
 
The Lady Cats used an 11-2 run to start the second quarter that pushed it out to an 18-point lead.  Victoria Moreland's bucket to open the quarter got it into double-digits, before Karington Ketterer's free-throw capped the run to make it 28-10 at 3:45.  Bloomsburg answered with seven straight points, including Alyssa Mack's 3-pointer as time expired, to narrow the gap to 28-17 at the break.
 
The Huskies extended the run to 11-0 with baskets from Mack and Megan Klunk in the first minute of the third quarter, before Nicole Corcoran hit a pair of 3-pointers and O'Barto connected on a free-throw at the 6:21 mark that increased the lead back to 13 at 39-26.
 
Bloomsburg answered with a 23-9 run over the next 12 minutes to take its first lead of the day at 49-48 on buckets from Taylor Montana and Casey Warley with 4:38 to play.  Pitt-Johnstown came right back with a pair of baskets from Tabon and one from McCabe to retake a six-point lead at 3:06 to help the Lady Cats finish on a 20-8 run of their own to pull away.
 
Along with McCabe and Tabon, Pitt-Johnstown also got 14 points and five assists from O'Barto, eight points from Corcoran, and seven points from Moreland.
 
The Lady cats, who held a 42-35 advantage in rebounding, shot 40.4% (23-57) from the field, 3-16 from 3-point range, and 19-25 from the charity stripe.  After shooting 25% in the first half, Bloomsburg finished the day at 39.0% (23-59).  The Huskies were also just 1-9 from behind the 3-point line, and 10-19 from the free-throw line.
 
Corridoni's 14 points and seven rebounds paced four Bloomsburg players who scored in double figures.  Mack had 13 points, while Klunk had 10 points and five rebounds, and Alex Ross added 10 points for the Huskies, who dropped to 0-1 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC East.
 
The Lady Cats will play a PSAC game at East Stroudsburg on Sunday, before traveling to a non-conference game at Lincoln on November 28.  Pitt-Johnstown will make its 2016-17 debut with conference doubleheaders with the Mountain Cats against Kutztown on December 3 and Mansfield on December 4 in the Sports Center.