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EAST STROUDSBURG – Jocelyn Ford scored 13 points to lead a balanced scoring effort as No. 20-ranked Bloomsburg won its 13th straight game, 61-48, at East Stroudsburg University in PSAC East women's basketball on Saturday at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Freshman forward Allison Howard had 10 points and seven rebounds to lead ESU (13-11, 8-6), which has a half-game lead over Millersville for the No. 4 seed in the PSAC East and a home playoff game entering the final three dates of the regular season.

Bloomsburg (20-3, 11-2) scored the game's first nine points and led 34-27 at halftime after the Warriors closed within 19-18 midway through the period.

ESU cut a 16-point deficit (50-34) to eight (56-48) in the final four minutes, but Bloomsburg held off the Warriors down the stretch.

Four players scored seven points each for ESU. Sophomore center Michelle Boggs added seven rebounds after posting her first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds in an 80-71 loss at Shippensburg on Wednesday.

Junior guard Ryann Fiascki, sophomore guard Melissa Poderis and junior forward Jessica Martin also had seven points for the Warriors.

Adreana Sadowski scored nine points and Taylor Kaminski and Lauren Nealon had eight points each for Bloomsburg. Brianna Dudeck had five points, five rebounds, three assists and seven steals.

ESU, the PSAC's leader in field goal percentage defense (37.6), held the Huskies to 35.2 percent (19-for-54) and forced 21 turnovers. Bloomsburg's 61 points are just under the Warriors' season average of 62.4, third-best in the PSAC.

ESU shot 50.0 percent (10-for-20) in the first half before settling at 34.7 percent for the game while committing 26 turnovers.

The Warriors have two regular season games remaining, heading to Cheyney on Saturday and hosting PSAC East leader West Chester on Wednesday, February 26 at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Cheyney (4-18, 4-9) did not play on Saturday and plays at Millersville on Wednesday.


GAME NOTES
* West Chester (17-7, 12-2) has a half-game lead over Bloomsburg (20-3, 11-2) for the No. 1 seed in the PSAC East.  The next three teams have also clinched playoff berths – Shippensburg (15-8, 9-4), ESU (13-11, 8-6) and Millersville (12-11, 7-6).
* Kutztown (9-14, 6-7) and Lock Haven (5-18, 3-10) are in contention for the sixth and final playoff bid.

* The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds will host first-round games on Saturday, March 1. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds will host quarterfinal games on Tuesday, March 4.

* Martin was last week's PSAC East Athlete of the Week, averaging 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in wins over Lock Haven and Millersville. She did not play on Wednesday at Shippensburg due to injury.

* Bloomsburg's 13-game winning streak is the longest active streak in the PSAC. The next longest is California, at four straight.