Box Score

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – A close first half and a second half full of runs eventually sent Susquehanna women's basketball team to overtime against Drew. Unfortunately the Rangers blanked SU in that extra session to take down the Crusaders 62-52 in Selinsgrove.

SU (5-7, 0-2) led by 13 points as late as midway through the second half before a 28-5 Rangers run to cap off the game, including overtime, handed the Crusaders their second Landmark Conference loss of the season.

Jonaida Williams (Williamsport, Pa. / Loyalsock Twp.) finished the game with a team-high 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting while Mariah Monahan (Towanda, Pa. / Towanda Area) chipped in 13 points, three assists and two steals. Gina Palazzi (Newfoundland, Pa. / Wallenpaupack Area), meanwhile, fell only two points shy of a double-double with eight points and 10 boards.

The Rangers (5-8, 1-1) had 11 second-chance points to SU's five and managed 18 points off of the Crusaders' 24 turnovers. Erin Howard led all scorers with 18 points.

A back-and-forth first half saw neither team hold more than a four-point edge at any point. One of those four-point leads came early in the game when two Monahan free throws made it 4-0 just 75 seconds into the action. The first tie of the afternoon was at the 16:15 mark when Drew knotted it at six-all.

Midway through the half, SU again took a four-point lead, 18-14, on a Williams layup but from that point on, neither Drew nor Susquehanna held more than a three-point edge. The half ended on a Monahan free throw that made it 24-24 at halftime.

The second half started out in a similar back-and-forth fashion until the Crusaders went on a 13-0 run that made it 47-34 with 10:04 remaining in the game.

Drew chipped away and cut that lead to just three (47-44) at the five-minute mark of the game. Courtney Stevens then knotted the game at 48 on a jumper with just over four minutes left in the game, capping off a 14-1 run.

The Rangers went up 50-49 on their next possession but Monahan countered by draining a three to erase that lead. With 50 seconds on the clock, it remained at tie game, 52-52, and that remained the score at the end of regulation to force overtime.

SU was shut out in the extra session by a 10-0 margin to fall by a final score of 62-52.

The women are back in action on Wednesday, Jan. 9 when they host Goucher at 7 p.m.