California (PA) used a strong fourth quarter to turn a one-point game into a 76-51 PSAC victory over the Pitt-Johnstown women's basketball team, Wednesday evening in the Sports Center.  Olivia Fasick's 10 points and five assists led the Mountain Cats, who slipped to 12-10 overall and 7-9 in the PSAC West.
 
Ashley Norling scored nine points in her first career-start, while Alli McGrath had eight points and five rebounds and Gabrielle Smith tallied eight points and three rebounds for Pitt-Johnstown.  The Mountain Cats also got seven points from Mia Oterson and fix points and five rebounds from Maddie Shanahan.
 
Halle Herrington's 3-pointer gave the Vulcans a six-point lead five minutes into the game, but Pitt-Johnstown closed out the quarter on a 9-2 run to cut it to 15-14 on Norling's 3-pointer and a basket from Smith.
 
California (PA) never gave up the lead an increased it to six, before Fasick's long 3-pointer as time expired got the Mountain Cats back to within three at 32-29 at the half.
 
Oterson scored off of a Vulcan turnover to begin the third quarter to cut it to one, but a 16-4 California (PA) run over the next six minutes rebuilt the lead to 13 on a DJ Hahn jumper.  The Mountain Cats answered to outscore the Vulcans 14-2 to make it 50-49 entering the final quarter.
 
It was all California (PA) the rest of the way.  The Vulcans held Pitt-Johnstown to just two points, Fasick's jumper at 6:09, in the fourth quarter and pulled away for the victory.
 
Despite the difficult fourth quarter, Pitt-Johnstown shot 46.0% (23-50) from the field and 5-14 from 3-point range and outscored the Vulcans, 28-20, in points in the paint.  However, California (PA) overcame 39.1% (25-64) shooting by forcing 23 turnovers and turning them into 26 points.  The Vulcans were also 15-17 from the free-throw line, while Pitt-Johnstown did not attempt a free-throw.
 
Shauna Harrington's game-highs of 28 points and 11 rebounds and Hahn's 10 points off the bench helped California (PA) improve to 16-6 overall and 10-6 in the PSAC West.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will host a PSAC, Alumni Day doubleheader with the men's team against Edinboro on Saturday starting at 5 p.m. in the Sports Center, before traveling to Slippery Rock for another conference game on Wednesday.