ERIE, Pa. – The Salisbury University women's basketball team dropped a 68-53 decision to the Carnegie Mellon Tartans to open the Penn State-Behrend Tip-Off Tournament on Friday night at the Junker Center.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Sea Gulls kept pace with the Tartans in the first quarter, erasing a 4-0 deficit to get even at 4-4 on a pair of Ashlynn Burrows free throws. SU stayed tied at 6-6 and 8-8 on buckets by Kolby Brown and Alex Bull, respectively.
- CMU put some distance on the scoreboard to close out the opening period. Up 12-10, Catherine Or sank a pair of free throws and Anisha Chintala put in a layup to give the Tartans a 16-10 advantage.
- After giving up the first bucket of the second quarter, Salisbury cut the deficit in half on jumpers from Brown and Tori Rumbaugh that made it 18-14 at the 9:15 mark.
- From there the Tartans went on a tear, netting the next 16 points to build a 34-14 lead with 3:03 until halftime. The Sea Gulls went into the break down 38-21, with a Hailey Ader layup getting the margin to 17.
- Nadia Bullock sank a layup for the first basket of the third quarter to make it 38-23. That was as close as Salisbury would get in the period, though, as CMU kept the Sea Gulls at an arm's length for the rest of the third. A jumper from Anika Prasad built the Tartan advantage to 54-32 to close out the quarter.
- The Sea Gulls showed fight in a fourth quarter that saw them outscore CMU 21-14. Trailing 62-39 with 4:29 to go, Brown drilled a three-pointer to set up an 8-2 run that Burrows capped with a layup to make it 64-47 at the 2:49 mark.
- Last-minute baskets by Bullock and Kayla Nieberlein provided the game's final 68-53 margin.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES
- Nadia Bullock led the Sea Gulls with 15 points in her second career game, shooting 7-of-12 from the floor. Bullock also added three rebounds and three steals.
- Kolby Brown clocked in with seven points.
- Ashlynn Burrows netted six points with nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Emily Dilger put up a near-mirror-image line of six points, eight boards and two steals.
- Hailey Ader, Kayla Nieberlein and Emma Wivell each came off the bench to contribute four points.
- The Sea Gulls shot 32.8 percent (22-of-67) for the game and 7-of-14 (50 percent) from the free-throw line.
- SU was outrebounded 46-38 but won the battle on the offensive glass, 16-13.
CARNEGIE MELLON GAME NOTES
- Catherine Or led all scorers with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Or padded her stat sheet with seven rebounds, six assists and six steals.
- Anisha Chintala chipped in 14 points with four boards, three assists and three blocks.
- Isha Nambisan posted nine points and hauled in seven rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench.
- CMU shot 44.1 percent (26-of-59) on its field goal attempts and went 14-of-20 (70 percent) from the charity stripe.
UP NEXT
- The Sea Gulls will face Otterbein in the consolation game of the Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals bowed to hosts PSU-Behrend, 80-67, earlier on Friday evening.
- Tipoff of the Salisbury-Otterbein game is slated for 1 p.m.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 187 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.
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