Box Score

LOCK HAVEN - Junior forward Jessica Martin had 19 points and 12 rebounds and East Stroudsburg University rallied from an eight-point deficit with eight minutes left for a 60-57 win at Lock Haven in PSAC East women's basketball on Thursday night at Thomas Fieldhouse.

Martin had her ninth double-double of the season and 19th of her career to lead the Warriors (12-9, 7-4), who take a half-game lead over Millersville (11-9, 6-4) for fourth in the PSAC East. ESU hosts the Marauders on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Junior guard Ryann Fiascki scored 11 points and freshman forward Allison Howard had nine points (all in the second half) and six rebounds for ESU.

The Warriors trailed 49-41 with 7:58 remaining before finishing the game on a 19-8 run to earn their third straight win after victories over Mansfield and Kutztown last week.

Martin tied the game at 53-all with a jumper with 1:54 left to set up the finish. ESU was 7-for-8 at the foul line in the last 41 seconds, getting a pair each from Fiascki, Martin and sophomore guard Melissa Poderis, and 1-of-2 from senior guard Halie Cintron (7 points).

Lock Haven had a final look at the tying three-pointer with 1.9 seconds left, but Emily Daugherty (16 points) was just short on an off-balance shot from the right wing.

Lock Haven (4-17, 2-9) got off to hot starting shoots in both halves before going ice cold to finish at 35.1 percent. ESU entered as the PSAC leader in field goal percentage defense at 37.5.

The Lady Eagles were 7-for-11 to start the game, then went 2-for-21 in the final 14 minutes of the first half. They were even better - 9-for-10 - to open the second half, but shot 2-for-15 down the stretch.

ESU led 31-27 at halftime as Martin scored 11 points and Fiascki added nine, but Lock Haven reclaimed the lead less than three minutes into the period, then surged ahead with a 10-2 run to take their biggest lead after the eight-minute media timeout.

Freshman forward Madison Tamburini hit a key three-pointer to get the Warriors within 51-49 with just over four minutes left, and after Sami Lane made two free throws for Lock Haven, Cintron scored to make it 53-51 with 2:34 remaining before Martin tied it.

Daugherty (16 points, 6 rebounds) was Lock Haven's top scorer, followed by J.J. Hilliard (12 points) and Hannah Gildea (11 points). Marrysa Moyer had nine points and 11 rebounds.

ESU can claim its first four-game winning streak of the season on Saturday in its second game in three days, after Wednesday's games were postponed due to inclement weather. Millersville won the first game, 75-64, on December 7, overcoming a nine-point deficit with seven minutes remaining.


GAME NOTES
* Martin moved into ESU's career top 10 in rebounds and went over the 600-rebound mark during her junior season. She has 601 career boards, passing Amy Jones (595, 2003-07) and Megan Huntington (599, 1994-98).
* Martin had her 24th career game with 10+ rebounds (74 career games).
* She has 198 career blocked shots, 2 away from the top 10 in PSAC history.
* She entered the week ranked 5th in DII with 3.0 blocks per game and had 1 on Thursday night.