Box Score

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Susquehanna women's basketball team dug itself an early hole against undefeated Juniata, one the team was unable to overcome. The Crusaders fell 83-53 in their Landmark Conference opener.

SU (2-3, 0-1), which shot just 18.5 percent in the first half, finished with a 31 percent shooting effort, and shot 93 percent at the free throw line (13-of-14).

Only one player reached double figures as Mariah Monahan (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area) led the team with 11 points in her 27 minutes of action. Amarra Boone (Schewenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) was the team's leading rebounder with six. She also added six points and two blocks.

As a team, however, the Crusaders finished with only 36 rebounds to Juniata's 32.

The Crusaders found themselves in a 10-0 hole after three minutes of play and were down 12-0 after five minutes. SU got on the board with a Shannon Grunwald (Neshanic Station, N.J./Somerville) jump shot at 13:36 that made it 15-2.

Halfway through the opening period, the Eagles (7-0, 1-0) led by 20 (24-4).  Monahan made her team's first three-pointer at the 7:38 mark that made it 32-10 but Susquehanna still found itself down by 28 (38-10) three minutes later.

Juniata took a 30-point edge (40-10), its largest lead to that point, with 4:03 on the clock and went into halftime up 50-14.

The Crusaders put together a 39-point second half but it was not nearly enough to chip very far into Juniata's lead. The Eagles led 71-46 with three minutes to play. It was a 25-point game (78-53) inside the one-minute mark as Juniata went on for the 83-53 win.