Box Score

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A back-and-forth game between the Susquehanna and Moravian women's basketball teams ended in a 67-65 victory for the Greyhounds in a Landmark Conference matchup.

The game featured nine tied scores and 11 lead changes and at one time SU held and eight-point edge. Unfortunately, the Crusaders (8-8, 2-4) could not put the game away as Moravian (14-3, 5-1) grabbed its fifth league win of the season.

Mariah Monahan (Towanda, Pa./Towanda) led Susquehanna with 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting while also adding four assists. Jonaida Williams (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Twp.) chipped in 15 points, an impressive 12 of which came from three-point range. Freshman Nicole Gault (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds while adding four blocks.

It was a back-and-forth game in the early going and the Crusaders led 11-8 on an Anna Bojakowski (Toms River, N.J./Toms River South) layup just inside the 13-minute mark before four unanswered Greyhounds points handed Moravian a one-point advantage (12-11) with 12 minutes left in the half.

With 8:37 to play, the Greyhounds still led by one, 19-18, before Susquehanna tied the game at 21 after a Williams layup at the 6:35 mark of the half. The teams traded buckets and with 1:48 to play, the teams found themselves knotted at 32 before Gault made back-to-back buckets that helped put her team ahead 36-34 at the end of the half.

Less than seven minutes into the second period, the Crusaders had built a seven-point edge, 49-42, thanks in part to a Sofia Schedler (Alexandria, Va./TC Williams) three. Moravian then tied the game at 51 with 10:52 to play and briefly led 53-52.

Monahan's layup swung the lead back in the favor of SU, 54-53, and her two free throws at the 5:13 mark kept the team ahead by three (58-55).

However, Moravian went on a 12-5 run to take a 67-63 lead inside with only 1:16 left to play. The Greyhounds remained ahead by two, 67-65, with 21 seconds on the clock and the Crusaders were unable to get another shot off in the closing seconds.

Susquehanna returns home to host Juniata on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.