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WEST CHESTER - Brittany Sicinski had 25 points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals, leading PSAC East No. 1 seed West Chester past East Stroudsburg University, 70-65, in the PSAC women's basketball quarterfinals on Tuesday night at Hollinger Field House.

West Chester (21-6) finished the game on an 8-1 run in the final two minutes, tying it at 64-64 on a putback by Sicinski just before the shot clock expired with 1:38 left.

Dallas Ely (15 points) hit two free throws to give WCU the lead for good with 1:06 remaining. Sicinski and Ely, both 1,500-point scorers in their careers, combined for 17 of the Golden Rams' 19 points in the fourth quarter as they advance to the PSAC semifinals.

Sophomore guard Imani Brown had 18 points and eight rebounds off the bench to lead ESU (15-13), the No. 4 seed, which reached the quarterfinals for the second time in three seasons with a 79-69 (OT) win vs. Bloomsburg on Saturday at Koehler Fieldhouse.

ESU was seeking its first PSAC Final Four trip since 2007 under first-year head coach Diane Decker, who was an assistant on the 2007 team.

Senior guard Melissa Poderis scored 11 points in her final career game and junior forward Allison Howard and sophomore forward Rebecca Rutkowski both had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Warriors.

Senior guard Tyeca Reviere added eight points, four rebounds and five assists.

ESU led 35-31 at halftime before West Chester went on a 16-5 run in the first eight minutes of the third quarter, building a 47-40 lead.

The Warriors closed the quarter on an 8-4 run, with three's from Poderis and Brown, to close within 51-48 entering the fourth.

A putback by Rutkowski tied the game at 52-52 with 7:21 left, part of a 10-1 stretch that put the Warriors ahead 58-52 with six minutes left. Howard gave ESU the lead with a three-pointer and Brown converted a three-point play 35 seconds later.

Sicinski had a three-point play for WCU to get the Golden Rams within 58-55 with 5:55 left. Freshman guard Noelle Powell scored for ESU, then Sicinski scored again and Ely made three free throws to knot the game at 60-60 at the 4:16 mark.

Reviere gave ESU a 62-60 edge with a driving layup at the 4:00 mark before Anna Kuntz tied it with two free throws with 3:38 left.

ESU took its final lead, 64-62, on a pair of free throws by Brown with 2:08 remaining. Sicinski's putback tied it for West Chester, and the Golden Rams were 6-for-8 at the foul line in the final minute - Ely 4-for-4, and Sicinski 2-for-4.

ESU's 15 wins this season match the 2014 team (also 15-13) for the program's most since the Warriors were 25-4 in 2007.


GAME NOTES
* Howard finished the season with 435 points and 219 rebounds - the 2nd ESU player in 20 years (Jackie Yandrisevits, 2009) with 400+ points and 200+ rebounds in a season.
* Howard finished the season averaging 15.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game (ranked 10th in PSAC with 15.7 ppg and 11th with 7.8 rpg entering week).
* Howard ranks 15th at ESU in career points (949) and 14th in rebounds (515) entering her senior season.
* She made 43 3-pointers this season, tied for 6th on ESU's single-season list (made 15 total in first 2 seasons).
* Howard had 8 double-doubles this season, 3rd-most by an ESU player since at least 2002-03 (Jessica Maritn 11 in 2014, Yandrisevits 10 in 2009).

* Brown finished as ESU's 2nd-leading scorer (12.1 ppg), playing off the bench in 25 of 28 games.
* She had 3 games with 20+ points off the bench, including 28 in win vs. No. 13 California on January 3.
* Brown scored 22 points (Howard 20) in ESU's 79-69 (OT) win vs. Bloomsburg in the first round last Saturday.

* Reviere finished the year as ESU's 3rd-leading scorer (7.7 ppg), 3rd-leading rebounder (4.8 rpg) and had 125 assists (4.5 per game).
* Reviere was 7th in PSAC in assists per game (4.4 apg) entering the week.
* Reviere ranks t-10th at ESU in assists in a season (125).

* Poderis finished her career ranked t-9th at ESU in career assists (244).
* Sr. C Michelle Boggs finished her career ranked 5th at ESU in career blocks (104).

* Rutkowski entered the game as the PSAC leader in blocks per game (2.4) and ranked 16th in DII.
* ESU entered the game ranked 1st in the PSAC in blocks (5.2) and 11th in DII.
* Rutkowski had 61 blocks this season, t-6th at ESU (Jessica Martin, 2011-15, had 274 career blocks and 61+ in all 4 years).