INDIANA, Pa. – The IUP women's basketball team extended its winning streak to six games with a 61-38 victory over Mansfield in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play at the Kovalchick Complex on Saturday evening.

With the win the Crimson Hawks move to 6-2 overall and 5-0 in PSAC play. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers fall to 2-6 overall and 0-5 in league play.

Nine different IUP players scored as junior Megan Smith (Blain, Pa./West Perry) a game-high 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting. She added seven rebounds (five offensive), two assists, and one block in the win. Sophomore Carolyn Appleby (Greensburg, Pa. /Greensburg Central Catholic) scored nine points while tallying six rebounds and three assists.

Halle Denman (Beaver Falls, Pa. /Blackhawk) scored eight points while Brittany Robinson (Harrisburg, Pa. /Central Dauphin East) (six points), Lauren Wolosik (Pittsburgh, Pa. /North Catholic) (five points), Kendall Hunter (Burke, Va. /Paul VI Catholic) (seven points), Ana Hollen (Bellwood, Pa./Bellwood) (six points), Maura D'Anna (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) (four points) and Lexie Griggs (Pittsburgh, Pa./Vincentian Academy) (two points) rounded out the scoring. D'Anna also added a career-high 10 rebounds.

The Crimson Hawks took an early 12-9 lead midway through the first quarter on a jumper from Appleby. IUP then closed out the first quarter on an 11-3 run to take a 21-12 lead before the Crimson Hawks pushed the lead to 31-17 midway through the second quarter on a layup from Appleby. The lead then grew to 40-18 at the 1:08-mark of the second quarter after an 11-1 IUP run.

In the third quarter the Crimson Hawks used an 8-0 run to extend the lead to 25 (48-23) midway through the quarter after a layup from Hollen. Later in the third, the Crimson Hawks pushed the lead to 57-23 on a three-pointer from Hunter. Mansfield opened the fourth quarter on a 10-3 run to cut the lead to 57-33 at the 5:00-mark before the Crimson Hawks earned the win.

IUP shot 37.3 percent (25-of-67) from the floor compared to just 25.5 percent (14-of-55) for Mansfield. The Crimson Hawks held a 50-38 rebounding margin, including an 18-10 edge on the offensive glass.

Brielle Kelly led the Mountaineers with a team-high 12 points as Mary Kate Rumbaugh added seven points and Alyssa Mullins totaled six points.

Up Next
IUP returns to action on Monday, December 19 when it hosts Ohio Valley in non-conference action at 5:30 p.m.

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