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EAST STROUDSBURG – Junior forward Jessica Martin had 12 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks for her eighth double-double of the season as East Stroudsburg University moved back over the .500 mark with a 70-58 win over Cheyney in PSAC East women's basketball on Wednesday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Sophomore guard Helena Gemmell scored 11 points and freshman guard Audrey Stapleton had 10, both one off their respective career-highs, for the Warriors (9-8, 4-3), who head to PSAC East leader West Chester on Saturday.

Junior guard Ryann Fiascki had eight points and six rebounds and sophomore center Michelle Boggs had a season-high eight points and tied her season-best with seven rebounds for ESU. Freshman forward Allison Howard had seven points and seven boards.

The Warriors led 33-23 at halftime and used a 17-2 run early in the second half to pull away. Cheyney (2-14, 2-5) scored the final 15 points to close the gap to 12 after ESU led 70-43 with just under five minutes left.

ESU held Cheyney to 31.5 percent shooting and forced 27 turnovers. The Warriors had a 50-43 advantage on the glass.

Fiascki started the Warriors' big run with a three-point play, Gemmell scored six points, Boggs added four and ESU held Cheyney to 1-for-8 from the field with nine turnovers in a span of more than six minutes.

Sophomore guard Tyeca Reviere added six points, four assists and four steals and sophomore guard Melissa Poderis also had four assists for the Warriors.

Lachelle Miller, who made the game-winning three-pointer in the final second of a 61-60 win at Millersville on Saturday, led Cheyney with 19 points. Amber Genwright had 15 points, Kia Whitley-Duncan added 11 and Shayna Miller had five points and 11 rebounds.

ESU sits in sole possession of fifth in the PSAC East at 4-3, with the top six teams qualifying for the playoffs with nine regular season games to go. West Chester (11-6, 6-1), which was idle Wednesday, leads the division, followed by Bloomsburg, Millersville and Shippensburg in a three-way tie at 5-2.


GAME NOTES
* Martin's double-double is the 18th of her career. She moved into 11th at ESU with 567 career rebounds and ranks 2nd at ESU and 16th in PSAC history with 185 career blocks.
* Martin's 5-block game was her 3rd of the season and the 12th of her career. She entered the night ranked 9th in Division II with 2.7 per game.

* ESU leads the PSAC in field goal defense (37.5 percent), three-point defense (24.8 percent) and blocks per game (5.1 per game) after Wednesday's games.