FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Edinboro Uses Long Ball to Down Mounties
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MANSFIELD – Edinboro hit 11 3-pointers in the game to down Mansfield 95-61 on Sunday in a PSAC crossover contest at McComb Fieldhouse.
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Brielle Kelly and
Katie Fitzpatrick led Mansfield in scoring with 11 points each.
Princella McCullough and
Becky Evans each added nine points and
Megan McSwain eight. Fitzpatrick pulled down a team-best seven boards.
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Edinboro's Lauren Hippo hit five treys while Katie Fischer hit four as the two combined for 43 points. Aignee' Freeland recorded 19 points and nine rebounds for the Fighting Scots.
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Edinboro led 31-12 at the end of the first quarter before taking a 50-26 lead into halftime. Mansfield outscored the Scots in the third quarter 20-15, but the deficit was too great to overcome.
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Edinboro hit 57.9% (11-19) of its shots from 3-point and cleaned up the glass outrebounding Mansfield 44-24.
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The Mountaineers travel to Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday.
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