Looking to lock up a spot in the upcoming PSAC Women's Basketball Tournament, Head Coach Mike Drahos and his Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats will close out the regular season home schedule with a PSAC West match-up against Mercyhurst on Monday.  Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in the Sports Center.
 
      Coach Drahos' Pitt-Johnstown squad is 11-14 overall and holds the sixth spot in the PSAC Western Division at 9-10.  The Mountain Cats are just one game behind Edinboro for the fifth spot in the rankings.  After winning two straight games, Pitt-Johnstown suffered a 61-40 loss to California (PA) in its last outing on Feb. 14.  Olivia Fasick led Pitt-Johnstown with 11 points, while Cassidy Crawford scored 11 points.  Ashley Norling and Peyton Alazaus each had five points and three rebounds.
 
      Fasick ranks 28^th nationally in total assists and 60^th in assists per game, while Alazaus is second in the PSAC and 31^st in the country in 3-point field goals made.  In addition, Makalyn Clapper ranks 31^st in steals, and Molly Wagoner is 39^th in total blocks and 49^th in blocks per game.
 
      Third-year Head Coach Brooklyn Kohlheim's Mercyhurst Lakers are 8-17 overall and 6-13 in the PSAC West following Saturday's 76-66 victory over Edinboro.  Jayde Boyd scored a game-high 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Grace Centrulla added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Lakers.
 
      Nationally, the Lakers lead the PSAC and rank seventh in NCAA Division II in defensive rebounds per game.  Individually, Emily Shopene leads the PSAC and is 26^th nationally in assists-to-turnover ratio, and Centrulla is 26^th in field goal percentage.
 
      Pitt-Johnstown has won four of the last five meetings between the teams, including a 59-58 victory in Erie on January 31.  Norling's 18 points and seven rebounds and Kylah Franklin's 10 points and seven rebounds paced the Mountain Cats.  The Lakers were led by Grace Clary's game-high 20 points and six rebounds, and Julia Buchman's 12 points.
 
    Pitt-Johnstown will close out the regular season with PSAC road games at Seton Hill on Wednesday and at Indiana (PA) on Saturday, before beginning the PSAC Women's Basketball Tournament on February 28.