JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's basketball team's 2015-16 season came to an end Wednesday night in an 84-72 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division loss at the University of Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Slippery Rock's year concludes with an overall record of 13-15. Included in the wins were four victories over teams ranked in the top 10 of the NCAA Division Atlantic Region in West Chester, Chowan and Gannon (twice). Additionally, Slippery Rock's 13 wins are the most for the program since the 2005-06 season. Slippery Rock has won 24 games over the last two seasons; The Rock won just 25 games from 2009-13.
 
Lexi Carpenter capped off her outstanding season by scoring a season-high 32 points to go with five assists and three steals. Carpenter, who went 11-for-22 from the field and 9-for-9 from the foul line Wednesday, ended the year by scoring at least 22 points in each of her final four games. Carpenter's 473 points is the 10th highest total in a single-season in Rock history.
 
Ciara Patterson added 13 points and four rebounds as well as two steals in 34 minutes played. Mallory Heinle chipped in nine points and Morgan Henderson came off the bench to provide Slippery Rock with seven points, seven rebounds and two blocks.
 
Erica Aiello finished her final collegiate game with six points, six rebounds and two assists. She leaves Slippery Rock ranked fourth in career minutes played (2,883) and fifth in assists (364). 
 
Krista Pietropola rounded out Slippery Rock's top performers with five rebounds.
 
Slippery Rock struggled to shoot throughout the night, finishing with a 36.5 field goal percentage. Conversely, Pitt-Johnstown was able to convert 48.1 percent of its shot attempts while outrebounding Slippery Rock 40-35.  
 
For the game, SRU held advantages over Pitt-Johnstown in turnovers forced (17-13), steals (7-4) and points off turnovers (20-15).
 
Pitt-Johnstown started the game out strong with four successful 3-point attempts in the first quarter to help give the Mountain Cats a 22-12 lead over The Rock through 10 minutes of play. SRU shot just 25 percent from the field in the opening quarter, but Carpenter helped keep Slippery Rock in the game with seven first-quarter points.
 
Slippery Rock trimmed Pitt-Johnstown's lead down to as little as six points midway through the second quarter before UPJ answered back by closing the period out with an 8-0 run that sent the Mountain Cats into halftime leading 43-29.

SRU cut Pitt-Johnstown's lead down to single digits on six different occasions in the second half, but would ultimately be unable to get any closer than eight points as the Mountain Cats fought off Slippery Rock's series of comeback bids to claim an 84-72 victory.
 
Jasmine Harper came off the bench to score 19 points for Pitt-Johnstown. Olivia McCabe added 13 points and six rebounds as well.
 
Slippery Rock made five 3-pointers Wednesday night to push its total on the year to an SRU single-season record 184.
 
Wednesday's game was the final in the careers of seniors Megan Hardiman, Sarah Beckham, Rebecca Olkosky, Sorriyah Ranger and Aiello. Slippery Rock will return a strong foundation in 2016-17 as 10 players from the 2015-16 squad were underclassmen.