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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Junior forward
D'Asia Chambers and sophomore point guard
Erica Aiello recorded "double-double" performances Wednesday night to lead hosting Slippery Rock University to a 75-70 overtime win over Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division action in Morrow Field House.
Chambers scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the winning effort, while Aiello scored 10 points and handed out 11 assists.
Sophomore swingman
Aidan Geise scored 13 points, while senior center
Jazmyne Frost and freshman wing player
Kara Houppert each chipped in nine points for SRU, which snapped a modest two-game losing streak and improved their season records to 4-13 overall and 1-6 in PSAC West action.
The win was SRU's first in four overtime games played this winter.
Katie Gattuso recorded a 20-point, 18-rebound double-double for Seton Hill, which saw its season records drop to 11-6 overall and 3-4 in division action.
Paige Alviani added 16 points, Mallory Sanner scored 14 points, Tiara Stossel contributed 10 points and Meghan Mastroianni grabbed nine rebounds for the Griffins.
Seton Hill led virtually the entire first half and had a 40-30 advantage at halftime before The Rock roared back to make it a game.
A string of 12 unanswered points in the first three minutes of second half gave the hosts a 42-40 edge with 17:00 left to play. That scoring spurt also keyed a 28-11 run that gave the Green and White their largest lead of the game, a seven-point, 58-51 difference with 6:30 left.
Undaunted, Seton Hill responded with an 8-0 run to regain the lead at 59-58 with 3:20 remaining.
A Chambers jumper with nine seconds left in regulation tied the score for the ninth time in the game and sent the action into overtime with teams deadlocked at 65-65.
Seton Hill scored the first three points in overtime and remained in the lead until a layup by Chambers put SRU up by a 71-70 score with 1:42 left. Chambers and
Megan Hardiman both hit a pair of free throws in the final 30 seconds to set the final margin.
SRU finished the game with a 46% (30 of 66) efficiency on its field-goal attempts with an 8-of-20 effort from 3-point range. The Rock made seven of 10 free throws.
Seton Hill made 47% (27 of 58) of its action attempts, hit an identical 47% (7 of 15) from 3-point range and sank nine of 18 free throws.
Behind Gattuso's lead, the Griffins won the rebounding battle by a 41-34 margin, but the guests had more than twice as many turnovers, 22-10.
The game featured an in-the-paint battle as SRU outscored Seton Hill by a 38-36 margin on shots inside the lane.
SRU will look to continue its winning ways Saturday when it visits Indiana (Pa.) for a 5:30 p.m. game.
The Rock travel to Clarion for another division game next Wednesday before returning home Feb. 1 to host California (Pa.) in a 1 p.m. game.