MANSFIELD – Mansfield women's basketball concludes the 2018-19 season when the Mountaineers host Cheyney in non-conference action at First Citizens Community Bank Court at Decker Gymnasium.
Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m. with free admission provided to all fans on Saturday.
Live video coverage of the game will be provided free of charge to any computer or mobile device on Mountie All-Access presented by Visit Potter-Tioga at GoMounties.com/Watch. The game can also be viewed through the PSAC Network apps on Roku, Amazon
FireTV, Android TV, and
AppleTV.
The two teams met earlier this season, with Mansfield coming out on top 62-52 at Cope Hall.
Mia Leonard paced three Mounties in double-figure scoring with a game-high 19 points and 14 rebounds.
Ellie Thompson added 17 points and eight boards with
Paige Whitfield chipping in 11 points.
Cheyney was led by Jamyra Maye's 15 points.
Mansfield has won seven of its last eight meeting against Cheyney with the lone stumble coming at home last season. The Mountaineers defeated the Wolves 63-55 at Cope Hall last year to clinch their first PSAC playoff berth in 11 years.
Erin Gibbons paces Mansfield in scoring, averaging 11.3 points a game and has 13 double-figure scoring outings this season. Leonard leads the PSAC and ranks 15
th in the nation in blocked shots with 69 after breaking the MU single season blocks record against Shippensburg on Saturday.
Ellie Thompson is third on the team in scoring as a freshman, averaging 7.8 points an outing with sophomore
Paige Whitfield right behind her at 7.6 points a game.
Cheyney enters Saturday with wins over Trinity (D.C.), Montgomery County C.C., and Philadelphia C.C. The Wolves suffered a 74-48 defeat at Bloomsburg in their last outing on Feb. 13.
Complete statistical information on Cheyney is not available.