Edinboro, Pa. –
Gillian Fisher scored a career-high 19 points on a very efficient 9-of-11 shooting night to help the Edinboro women's basketball team to a 70-55 victory over East Stroudsburg Saturday afternoon at McComb Fieldhouse.
The Scots went into the locker room up 35-32 at the break. Ryan Weise trimmed the lead to 35-34 with first bucket of the third quarter. Edinboro answered with a 10-0 run capped by a
Bella Burrelli layup at the 5:17 mark to make it 45-34. The Edinboro advantage never fell below eight the rest of the third with the Scots carrying a 51-43 advantage into the fourth.
Edinboro extended their advantage courtesy of a 12-2 spurt to open the fourth building their largest lead of the game, 63-45, after a pair of
Hayley Sims free throws at the 5:48 mark of the quarter. The Warriors would trim the lead to 63-53 with an 8-0 run of their own, but that was as close as it would get with the Scots closing out the game on a 7-2 run.
East Stroudsburg jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but the Scots answered with the next five points on a 3-pointer by
Rana Elhusseini and a layup by Fisher. The game remained tight with the teams trading buckets and Edinboro holding a 15-14 lead with 3:13 to play in the first.
Emma Elash and Sims connected on back-to-back 3-pointers and Burrelli hit a layup to push the advantage to 23-14.
The Warriors finished the first quarter with four straight points that kicked off a 12-0 run that gave East Stroudsburg the lead back, 26-23, after a Weise triple at the 7:22 mark of the second. Fisher scored six straight points on three layups to give Edinboro a 29-26 lead with 5:06 left in the second. East Stroudsburg retook the lead 32-31 on a Carley Adams layup with 49 seconds left, but Burrelli scored a layup with 22 seconds to play in the half and then forced a turnover and found
Lauren Mullen for a bucket before time expired to send the Scots into the half up 35-32.
In addition to her 19 points, Fisher grabbed seven rebounds and blocked a pair of shots. Burrelli recorded a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds including five offensive boards.
Elhusseini tallied 16 points, five rebounds and three assists. Sims finished the game with 12 points and eight rebounds.
Weise paced the Warrior offensive effort with 15 points and seven rebounds. Ksiazek and Adams also reached double figures scoring 12 and 10 respectively.
The Scots run their record to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in PSAC play. They finish out the PSAC crossover weekend when they host Kutztown at 1 p.m. on Sunday inside McComb Fieldhouse.
