Box Score

MADISON, N.J. – Leading by three with just 2:32 remaining in the game, the Susquehanna women's basketball team watched that lead slipped away as Drew University came out on the winning side of a 62-58 Landmark Conference decision.

The Crusaders (6-6, 0-2) were up 54-49 at after a Mariah Monahan (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area) layup at the 3:51 mark but SU was out-scored 13-4 over the remainder of the game and ultimately fell by four points.

Monahan led Susquehanna with 18 points. Jonaida Williams (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock) had seven points and six rebounds while Nikki Komara (Shamokin, Pa./Lourdes Regional) led the team with her eight rebounds while also chipping in three points, three assists and four steals.

Susquehanna shot better than 55 percent from three-point range (5-of-9) but shot only 37.3 percent from the floor and just 60 percent at the free throw line.

Drew (8-5, 1-1) started out strong, taking a 13-3 lead less than six minutes into the game. The Crusaders found themselves down by 12, 20-8, with 6:17 left in the half but a Brianna Murphy (Hazlet, N.J./Mater Dei Prep) jumper with 50 seconds left brought her team within just four (24-20) before SU eventually headed into halftime trailing by six (26-20).

The Crusaders took their first lead since the 18:41 mark of the first half when Heather Zinn (York, Pa./West York Area) drained a three to make it 32-30 with 16:37 remaining. Susquehanna remained in the lead (40-39) five minutes later and upped its lead to eight (52-44) on a Monahan jumper with 5:31 to play.

Unfortunately, the Rangers tied the game at 54 on a Courtney Stephens trey which permanently swung the lead back in Drew's favor as the Rangers held off the Crusaders down the stretch for the 62-58 win

SU remains on the road to face Goucher on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m.