Box Score

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Junior Jonaida Williams (South Williamsport, Pa. / Loyalsock Township) scored a game-high 20 points on Wednesday evening but the Susquehanna women's basketball team fell at Catholic 75-66 in Landmark Conference action.

Williams shot 6-for-10 from the field, 2-of-3 from downtown and 6-of-6 from the charity stripe en route to her 20 points. The junior also finished with five boards and two steals in 32 minutes of action.

SU (8-7, 2-3 Landmark) also received offense from senior guard Mariah Monahan (Towanda, Pa. / Towanda) who scored 19 points, including a perfect 12-of-12 from the foul line. Freshman Nikki Komara (Shamokin, Pa. / Lourdes Regional) recorded a double-double with 13 points and a team-best 10 rebounds.

In the opening minutes of the contest, the Crusaders jumped out to a 6-3 lead but Catholic (12-3, 5-0 Landmark) countered with a quick run and tied the game at 10 with 14:20 to go.

SU responded with an 11-2 run capped off by a Komara layup to go ahead 21-12 at the 11:48 mark of the first half. However, the Cardinals trimmed that advantage to three (23-20) before freshman Nicole Gault (Medford, N.J. / Shawnee) knocked down a bucket to push the SU lead back to four (25-21) with 7:35 left. Again, Catholic had an answer, though, and went on a 20-8 run and the Crusaders went into intermission trailing 41-33.

The Crusaders found themselves behind by 14 points (47-33) five minutes into the second half but cut the deficit to nine (49-40) thanks to a three-pointer by freshman Sofia Schedler (Alexandria, Va. / TC Williams) at 12:42.

Unfortunately for SU, another Catholic spurt put Susquehanna in a 12-point hole before Williams knocked down a jumper to get the Crusaders within seven (62-55) with four minutes to play.

Williams registered a layup at 3:18 to bring SU within four (63-59) but this was the nearest the Cardinals allowed the Crusaders to get the remainder of the contest as Catholic held on for the 75-66 victory.

The Cardinals had a balanced scoring attack with five players finishing in double figures, led by 17 points apiece by Josephine Migash and Jayni Webster.

SU travels to Moravian on Saturday at 4 p.m.