Box Score HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The University of Scranton women's basketball team (17-2, 8-0 Landmark) held Juniata to 18.5% shooting and the Lady Royals rolled to an 11th straight win with a 59-29 victory over the Eagles (5-13, 1-7 Landmark) on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Gym in Huntingdon.
The 29 points allowed are a season-low and the fewest that the Lady Royals have allowed since a 72-24 win over Goucher on Feb. 17, 2018.
Saturday also marks the 11th straight win for Scranton dating back to Dec. 21.
After Juniata grabbed a 5-2 lead in the very early stages of the contest, graduate student Abby Anderson (Scranton, Pa./Holy Cross) hit a jumper to ignite an 18-1 run over the remainder of the quarter and the visitors held a 20-6 lead after one quarter. The Lady Royals were able to hold the Eagles at bay for a majority of the second quarter and a late layup from senior Emily Shurina (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) made it a 31-12 game in favor of Scranton at halftime.
Scranton put forth a dominant defensive effort throughout the game and held Juniata without a point for the first six plus minutes of the quarter. Head coach Nick DiPillo's squad began the third quarter on an 18-0 run capped by a three-point play by sophomore Maddy Ryan (Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) that extended the lead to 49-12 with 3:53 left in the quarter. The Eagles were unable to get any closer than 27 the rest of the way and a three-pointer from sophomore Leah Nolan (Holmdel, N.J./Holmdel) in the final two minutes of the game accounted for the final margin of victory at 59-29.
Anderson led all scorers with 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting, while sophomore Maddie Hartnett (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) added 13 points off the bench for the Lady Royals. Junior Bridget Monaghan (Florham Park, N.J./Morristown-Beard) added eight points and three assists in the victory.
Hailey Sherman topped Juniata with seven points in the setback.
Scranton was able to limit the Eagles to 18.5% (10-of-54) shooting from the floor and a 2-of-20 clip (10.0%) from long range. For the Lady Royals, they shot 41.2% (21-of-51) from the field and 31.8% (7-of-22) from beyond the arc, while holding a 44-35 edge in the rebounding battle led by six from Anderson and five apiece from Shurina and senior Danielle McCurdy (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan).
The University of Scranton women's basketball team returns home to host Moravian in a Landmark Conference matchup on Wednesday night with opening tip in the John Long Center slated for 7 p.m.
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