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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Junior guard Chere' Marshall nailed a 3-point bomb as the final buzzer sounded Tuesday night to give The Rock a 61-58 win over Fairmont State in the home opener in Morrow Field House.

The win was SRU's second in as many games and gives the Green and White a 2-1 record heading into its Thanksgiving break.

The Rock returns to action Monday, when it will host Mercyhurst in a 7 p.m. game.

Marshall's game-winning trey came 11 seconds after Fairmont State's Ashley Vavrek hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 58-58 and just over a minute after another Vavrek trey had knotted the score at 55-55.

Those two bombs by Vavrek capped a furious comeback by the Falcons, who erased an 11-point deficit in the final eight minutes of action.

SRU held an 11-point, 31-20, lead at halftime and had two 14-point advantages in the first 10 minutes of the second half, the latter a 48-34 cushion with 10:39 left to play.

Marshall's game-winning shot gave her team-high scoring honors with 13 points. She also had a team-best six rebounds.

Julie Molloy and KellyAnn Staudinger each chipped in 10 points for SRU, while Nijha McNeely and Nikki Presto each had eight points and Sandra Busser seven points.

Vavrek scored a game-high 17 points for Fairmont State (2-1).

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