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Senior forward Fayola Moise led the Warriors with 11 points and added 7 rebounds on Wednesday at Millersville.

ESU Women’s Basketball Falls on the Road at Millersville, 76-47

2/20/2013 12:00:00 AM

Box Score

MILLERSVILLE - Aurielle Mosley had 24 points and 10 rebounds and Mashira Newman produced 19 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and six steals to lead PSAC East co-leader Millersville to a 76-47 win over East Stroudsburg University in PSAC East women's basketball on Wednesday night at Pucillo Gymnasium.

Senior forward Fayola Moise had 11 points and seven rebounds and sophomore forward Jessica Martin had nine points, six rebounds and three blocks for ESU (7-17, 6-14), which hosts West Chester Saturday and Bloomsburg, the other division co-leader, next Wednesday to finish the regular season.

The Warriors will be on the road for the first round of the PSAC playoffs on Saturday, March 2 at the division's No. 3 seed. This marks the first year that the PSAC will take six of the eight teams to the postseason from both the Eastern and Western divisions.

ESU led early and was within 18-16 with nine minutes left in the first half before Millersville (18-6, 15-5) went on a 17-2 run. The Marauders led 37-22 at halftime.

Newman, who had 11 steals in Millersville's 69-55 win at ESU on January 23, led a defensive effort that helped Millersville to a 28-13 advantage in turnovers. Mosley scored 19 of her 24 points in the second half, including six straight to start and 11 straight at another juncture.

Martin, tied for second in the PSAC and tied for 15th in Division II with 2.4 blocks per game entering the week, had at least three blocks for the seventh time in the last 11 games. She is averaging 3.6 blocks per game in that stretch, including a single-game school record with nine against Shippensburg on January 26.

The Warriors host West Chester (13-11, 10-10) on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse. The Golden Rams fell at home to third-place Shippensburg, 78-68, on Wednesday.
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