Box Score

EAST STROUDSBURG - Junior forward Allison Howard scored a season-high 24 points and freshman guard Noelle Powell added 16, leading East Stroudsburg University to a 79-65 win vs. Mansfield in PSAC East women's basketball on Wednesday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Junior forward Madison Tamburini scored nine points, senior center Michelle Boggs had eight and senior guards Tyeca Reviere and Melissa Poderis both had seven assists for ESU (7-8, 5-6), which won for the sixth time in seven games.

Katie Fitzpatrick, the PSAC's fourth-leading scorer (16.7 ppg), had 17 points to lead Mansfield (3-11, 1-10). Brielle Kelly scored 14 points and Tianna Jackson had 12 for the Mounties.

ESU shot 45.2 percent (28-for-62) from the field and made seven three-pointers.

Howard scored 14 of her 24 points in the second half, including eight points early in the third quarter as the Warriors pulled away. ESU's top scorer with 15.9 points per game, Howard had her fifth career 20-point game and her first of the season. She scored a career-high 25 points at Mansfield as a freshman.

Powell, last week's PSAC East Freshman of the Week, was two points off her season-high. Poderis' seven assists were a career-best.

Mansfield led 22-19 at the end of the first quarter, but the Warriors turned it into a 43-32 halftime lead on the strength of a 24-10 edge in the second quarter. ESU scored the last four points of the first quarter, then opened the second quarter on a 16-2 stretch for a 20-2 run overall.

ESU, second in the PSAC in blocks (4.3 per game) entering the week, had a season-high 10 blocks as Mansfield shot 36.8 percent (25-for-68). Sophomore forward Rebecca Rutkowski, third in the conference in blocks (1.8), had four and Boggs (sixth at 1.6 per game) added three. The Warriors also had 10 steals and held a 21-17 edge in turnovers.

The Warriors host Kutztown, currently 6-8 (4-7 PSAC), on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse. The Golden Bears play a non-conference game at USciences on Thursday night.