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Women’s Basketball Cruises Past Cheyney 71-55; Fitzpatrick Jumps to 6th on All-Time Scoring List

MANSFIELD – Katie Fitzpatrick scored a game-high 20 points to jump two places to sixth on the Mansfield all-time scoring list as the Mountaineers cruised past Cheyney 71-55 Wednesday night at First Citizens Community Bank Court at Decker Gymnasium.

Fitzpatrick was 8-13 from the floor and hit four free throws in her fifth game of 20+ points this season. The senior was just shy of a double-double with eight rebounds.

Fitzpatrick entered Wednesday’s game at eighth on the all-time scoring list with 1,159 career points. The 20-point effort moved her past Kathy Murphy (1991-95) and Allyson Buss (1999-2003) for sixth in career scoring. At 1,179 points, Fitzpatrick is 63 points away from passing Jess Uhrich (2003-07) for fifth on the career list.

Sophomore Brielle Kelly notched her fifth career double-double scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 boards. Princella McCullough recorded her first double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Cheyney was paced by Kyra Hines-Allen’s 17 points. Amber Genwright added nine points.

Mansfield took an early lead in the game and extended it to four points midway through the first quarter. Cheyney tied the score minutes later, but the Mounties used a 6-0 run to end the quarter with a 17-11 lead.

In the second quarter, Mansfield worked its lead up to double-digits, holding a 24-13 advantage at the 5:53 mark. The Wolves worked their deficit down to six points with less than two minutes remaining in the half, but this time Mansfield used an 8-0 run to close out the quarter and lead 39-25 into the break.

Mansfield continued to roll in the second half, leading by as many as 20 points in the third quarter and 24 points in the fourth.

The Mountaineers connected on 44.6% (29-65) of shots while holding Cheyney to just 33.3% (21-63). Mansfield also held a 49-36 rebounding advantage in the game.

Mansfield completes its two-game home stand on Saturday by hosting PSAC East rival Lock Haven at Decker Gymnasium.

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Mounties Hold Off Cheyney in Last Second Thriller

MANSFIELD – Matt Tamanosky and Ian Vasquez combined for 37 points to hold off Cheyney 69-65 in a PSAC East matchup Wednesday evening on First Citizens Community Bank Court in Decker Gymnasium.

Mansfield held a six point lead at halftime before Cheyney rallied to tie the game at 42-42 on a layup by Dikemba Amugo seven minutes into the second half.

The two teams battled back-and-forth with 16 lead changes or ties over the next 10 minutes.

Mansfield finally took a 64-62 advantage when Brad Williams hit a driving layup with 3:34 left to play. The Mountaineers maintained the lead, holding Cheyney without a field goal over the last 150 seconds.

Williams played a key role late in the game, pulling down a rebound with Mansfield holding a 68-65 lead with six seconds remaining. Williams was fouled on the play, making the first of two shots to give the Mountaineers a 69-65 lead with four second to go. Gerasimos Koutoufas got the rebound off Williams second shot to end the game.

The win snapped a nine-game losing skid for the Mountaineers.

Mansfield dialed up the long-ball, hitting eight 3-pointers to Cheyney’s three and made 15 free throws to Cheyney’s eight.

Tamanosky, who ranks second in the PSAC in shooting percentage, hit 7-of-8 shots from the floor and pulled down five rebounds. Vasquez was deadly from outside connecting on four 3-points for 16 points while dishing out four assists.

Juwan Mullen topped Cheyney with a game-high 23 points.

Mansfield hosts Lock Haven this Saturday.

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