Box Score

CHEYNEY – Senior Mallory Moore recorded her third double-double of the season as Mansfield (6-10, 3-9 PSAC) held on to defeat a pesky Cheyney (0-16, 0-12) 57-54 on the road Saturday afternoon.
 
The first 14 minutes of action saw six leads changes at Cope Hall, but a jumper by freshman Alyssa DeRichie with 6:02 remaining in the half put the Mounties on top. DeRichie's bucket spurred a 10-0 Mansfield run to lead by 11 points with just under three minutes to play.
 
The Mountaineers went into the break leading Cheyney 32-23.
 
A lay-up by sophomore Jena Matter in the first possession of the second half put Mansfield up by 11 points again, which would be the largest advantage the Mounties held in the contest.
 
Trailing by 10 points with 15:17 remaining, the Wolves went on an 8-0 run over the next three minutes to pull within two points of Mansfield.
 
The Mounties wouldn't yield their lead and built their advantage to a three-possession game. However Cheyney threatened with less than five minutes to play, closing the gap to two points once again.
 
After swapping baskets over the next three minutes, Wolves' freshman guard Aerie DeJesus completed a three-point-play to trail by a single point of the Mountaineers with :37 to play.
 
Matter hit a critical jumper with :19 remaining to give Mansfield a three-point advantage. Cheyney had an opportunity to send the game into overtime, but the shot fell short and the Mountaineers came away with the 57-54 victory over their PSAC East rivals.
 
Moore led three Mounties in double-figures scoring 18 points. The 6-foot guard recorded 12 rebounds in her third double-double effort of the season while adding four steals and four assists.

With her performance, Moore sits just 28 points from moving past Paula Olesky (1983-86) for second in program scoring history. Moore also sits just 18 rebounds from moving into fifth all-time and 44 steals from moving into second all-time.
 
Matter and Julia Stevenson each chipped in 11 points while Marrysa Moyer recorded 10 rebounds and seven points in the contest.
 
Mansfield shot 43.1% from the field, but was 0-9 from behind the arc.
 
Cheyney's DeJesus led all scorers with 19 points while Nadirah Brown and Linda Henderson recorded 16 and 11 respectively. The Wolves Shanavia Thomas had six assists and six steals in the losing effort.
 
Mansfield will host Kutztown on Wednesday, January 25 at Decker Gymnasium.