Box Score

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – There were six lead changes and the Susquehanna women's basketball team held a four-point advantage with 15 minutes to play but ultimately did not have enough to hand visiting Moravian a loss as SU fell 76-65 on Senior Day for the Crusaders.

The team honored its four senior members – Amanda Eich, Candence Cannady (Chicago, Ill./Whitney M. Young Magnet), Jackie Clarke (Mahopec, N.Y./Marina Regional) and Mariah Monahan (Towanda, Pa./Towanda Area) – prior to the start of the game.

SU (11-11, 5-7) had three players in double figures, including Monahan with 14 points who also added four assists, four steals and four rebounds. Freshman Nikki Komara (Shamokin, Pa./Lourdes Regional) led the team with 15 points and seven rebounds and classmate Heather Zinn (York, Pa./West York Area) finished with 11 points in 13 minutes of action.

While Susquehanna was able to shoot 41 percent from the floor, Moravian (19-4, 10-2) shot 47 percent overall and sank 89 percent of its free throw attempts, a key in the win.

The game certainly did not start out in the Crusaders' favor as the Greyhounds went up by nine (14-5) early in the action. A Nicole Gault (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) jumper at the 7:06 mark trimmed Moravian's lead to just one, though, at 16-15 and Catherine Malatack (Narbeth, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) put SU ahead with a jumper on the very next possession.

That lead only lasted one possession, though, and the Greyhounds went back up by nine (28-19) with just under three minutes to play in the opening half. It remained a nine-point Moravian lead at halftime after the Greyhounds' Laura Jordan made a layup at the 32-second mark to account for the final points in the half.

Twenty seconds into the second half, a Katie O'Rourke free throw gave Moravian its first double-digit lead of the evening (33-23) before an 18-4 SU run put the Crusaders ahead by four, 41-37, with 15 minutes still to play. Susquehanna still led by one, 43-42, after a Komara layup with 13:50 on the clock but Moravian tied it at 45 just two minutes later.

Four Moravian free throws over a 25-second span made it 49-45 in favor of the Greyhounds and they would lead for the remainder of the game.

Susquehanna found itself down by nine (62-53) with six minutes remaining and the deficit grew to 12, 71-59, with just 1:53 remaining to attempt a comeback. Unfortunately, Moravian sank all five free throws down the stretch to come away with the 76-65 win.

During halftime of Saturday's game – which also marked Pepsi Day for the program – Susquehanna recognized Karyn Kern Pinter '01 for her recent induction into the Middle Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame.

Susquehanna is back in action Wednesday when the team travels to Juniata for a 7 p.m. contest.