Box Score
EAST STROUDSBURG - Edinboro went on a 7-0 run after East Stroudsburg University took its final lead of the game with 8:44 left, and the Fighting Scots went on to post a 72-63 win in PSAC women's basketball crossover play at Koehler Fieldhouse.
ESU senior forward Jackie Yandrisevits scored 24 points to give her 1,498 for her career, and will become the fifth 1,500-point scorer in school history in Wednesday night's PSAC East opener against Kutztown. She also had eight rebounds, four blocks and four steals one day after recording season-highs of 30 points, 11 boards and seven assists in a 77-70 win over Lock Haven.
Kelsey Conklin scored 20 points to lead Edinboro (9-4). Samantha Reimer, the PSAC's leading scorer, was just 3-of-16 from the field but was perfect (12-12) at the foul line for 18 points, and Renee' Brown had 11 points and seven rebounds. Kelcie Hellmer also contributed nine points and nine boards.
ESU (7-6) trailed 39-38 after a first half that featured eight lead changes and six ties. Senior guard Keri Cahill was 3-for-3 and scored nine points in the opening half, including a jumper that put the Warriors ahead 38-34 with three minutes left. The Fighting Scots scored the final five points and took their halftime lead on a jumper by Casey Heller with 30 seconds on the clock.
Edinboro scored the first six points of the second half, but ESU maintained contact with a personal 6-1 run by Yandrisevits. Conklin scored a couple of buckets for Edinboro, which led 53-49 at the midpoint of the half, before junior guard Mel Villano hit a three-pointer and junior forward DeAnna Rayam had an offensive rebound and putback to put the Warriors ahead, 54-53, for the final time.
Kelcie Hellmer scored the next time down for Edinboro, Brown had a three-point play and Reimer scored one of her three field goals to claim a 60-54 lead. Brown's three-pointer with just under two minutes left put the Fighting Scots up eight before ESU made a late push.
Yandrisevits converted a three-point play with 1:25 left and made two free throws with 39 seconds to go to cut the deficit to three, but Conklin scored at the other end and Reimer was 4-of-4 at the line to seal the victory.
Cahill finished with nine points and pulled down a career-high eight rebounds for the Warriors, and junior forward DeAnna Rayam was in double figures for the seventh consecutive game with 10 points.
Wednesday night's game with Kutztown, slated for a 6 p.m. tip, is the PSAC East opener for both schools. Kutztown was picked fourth and the Warriors were fifth in the conference's preseason poll.
