Traditional Box ScoreSLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team dropped a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division contest to 17
th ranked Indiana (Pa.), 73-48, Saturday night at Morrow Field House.
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Slippery Rock (6-10, 2-10 PSAC-West) was paced by junior guard
Taylor Siggers, who scored 14 points on 5-for-13 shooting from the field. Siggers also converted a team-high three free throws.
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Senior forwards
D'Asia Chambers and
Danielle Garroutte both chipped in six points with Chambers, who was limited to 17 minutes on the night due to foul trouble, also grabbing a team-best four rebounds.
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Freshman forward
Mallory Heinle came off the bench to produce one of her best outings in recent weeks with five points and three rebounds.
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Slippery Rock played even with the nationally ranked Crimson Haws through the game's opening six minutes of play, finding itself down by only three points at 11-8 after Garroutte converted a tightly-contested layup. However, Indiana proceeded to go on a 20-2 run over the next seven minutes to take a commanding 31-10 lead that SRU couldn't recover from.
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IUP, which only committed five turnovers, went into the half leading by 18 points (39-21) and wouldn't see its lead drop below 12 points in second half on the way to its 73-48 victory.
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Junior guard
Erica Aiello and freshman guard
Shannon Jack combined to score 10 of SRU's 27 second-half points. Aiello also dished out three of her team-high four assists in the second period.
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For the game, The Rock shot 38.0 percent (19-for-50) from the field, its second highest percentage in the last five games. The Crimson Hawks connected on 44.3 percent (27-for-61) of its shots from the field while making seven three-pointers.
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Lindsay Stamp guided Indiana (15-1, 11-1 PSAC-West) with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds. Marita Mathe added 16 points and five assists as well.
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Slippery Rock will look to snap its five-game losing streak when it hosts Clarion on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
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