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EAST STROUDSBURG - Sophomore guard Imani Brown had 17 points and 11 rebounds, including a key three-point play in the final minute, as East Stroudsburg University upended Bloomsburg, 71-66, in PSAC East women's basketball on Saturday afternoon at Koehler Fieldhouse.

ESU (10-9, 8-7) ended a 14-game losing streak vs. Bloomsburg (12-7, 9-6), outscoring the Huskies 9-2 in the final minute. The Warriors have won nine of their last 11 games, including six of the last seven at home, rebounding from a 78-72 loss vs. Millersville on Wednesday.

Brown had her first career double-double and added seven of ESU's 13 steals. Sophomore forward Rebecca Rutkowski had 16 points, eight rebounds and three blocks and junior forward Allison Howard added 13 points and 11 rebounds, posting her sixth double-double of the season and the 11th of her career.

Mia Hopkins, second in the PSAC in scoring (17.3 ppg) and fifth in rebounding (10.1 rpg) entering the weekend, had 21 points and 11 rebounds but also had 10 turnovers for Bloomsburg. Alex Ross scored 15 and Morgan Klunk had 14.

Adreana Sadowski, who scored 43 points in a win vs. PSAC East leader Shippensburg on Wednesday, was limited due to foul trouble, scoring three points and fouling out in 19 minutes.

ESU led 18-13 after the first quarter and by as many as nine points (26-17) midway through the second quarter, before Bloomsburg used a 9-0 run to tie the game. Brown hit a three-pointer late in the first half to send game to intermission tied at 34-all.

Bloomsburg built a nine-point lead in the third quarter, putting together another 9-0 run in a stretch of almost four minutes to lead 49-40, before the Warriors cut into the deficit to get within 53-48 entering the fourth.

BU led 55-48 early in the fourth before a 9-0 surge by ESU, sparked by two buckets by Rutkowski, a layup by senior guard Tyeca Reviere (6 points, 4 assists, 5 steals) and finally a three-pointer by senior guard Melissa Poderis (8 points, 4 rebounds), assisted by Reviere, to lead 57-55 with 6:16 remaining.

Bloomsburg took its final lead of the game, 64-62, on a layup by Hopkins with 1:01 remaining. Brown had a pivotal three-point play 11 seconds later, scoring and hitting the free throw to put the Warriors in front, 65-64, with 49.6 seconds left.

Bloomsburg missed at the other end and Howard rebounded, was fouled and made both free throws for a 67-64 lead with 28.5 seconds left.

Hopkins got BU within 67-66 with 22.4 seconds showing, but Poderis sank two key free throws for a 69-66 ESU lead with 19.6 seconds left. The Huskies missed a three and a putback, with Howard securing the rebound, and Brown made 1-for-2 with 8.9 seconds left for a 70-66 advantage.

Bloomsburg missed its final three-pointer and Brown made 1-of-2 at the line to seal it with less than a second left.

The victory is ESU's first vs. Bloomsburg since a 70-58 road win on February 11, 2009. The Huskies had won 14 straight, including a 73-52 win on December 1 in central PA.

ESU head coach Diane Decker, in her first season at ESU (formerly an ESU assistant and the interim head coach in 2007-08), was an assistant at Bloomsburg for the last seven seasons - including 13 straight wins over the Warriors from 2009-10 through last winter.

Howard notched her second straight double-double, her sixth of the season and 11th of her career, while Brown had the first double-double of her career for ESU. They are the fourth set of ESU teammates with a double-double in the same game in the last 14 years, and Brown is just the fifth Warrior with a double-double off the bench in that stretch.

ESU travels to Shippensburg (15-4, 11-4) on Monday night in a game rescheduled from last Saturday's winter weather event. Ship had won 10 straight entering this week but fell 88-62 at Bloomsburg on Wednesday and 71-57 at West Chester Saturday. Ship won a 76-56 verdict vs. the Warriors on November 18 at Koehler Fieldhouse, but ESU has won nine of its last 11 after a 1-7 start.