Box Score

EAST STROUDSBURG – Senior guard Madison Tamburini scored a career-high 18 points, junior guard Imani Brown totaled 18 points and five rebounds, and East Stroudsburg University shot 55.4 percent from the field to roll to an 86-54 victory over Cheyney at Koehler Fieldhouse on Wednesday night.

Tamburini hit 7 of 8 shots from the floor, including all four of her 3-point attempts, while also chipping in three steals and three assists. The Warriors (13-7, 9-7 PSAC) won their fourth-consecutive game, all by at least 19 points, and they have now won 12 consecutive contests over the Wolves (3-14, 3-13 PSAC).

Senior forward Allison Howard and senior guard Rachel Falkowski also reached double figures for ESU with 10 points apiece. Falkowski hit all three of her field goal attempts and matched Brown for the team-lead with five rebounds.

The Warriors hit 10 of their first 12 shots to jump out to an early 27-14 advantage, with nine of those points coming from Brown. Cheyney scored the final four points of the first quarter to get back within single digits, but ESU outscored the visitors 24-6 in the second to take a commanding 51-24 lead into halftime.

The 51 first-half points were the most by ESU against a PSAC opponent in over 15 seasons. The Warriors shot 64.3 percent (18-28) in the opening 20 minutes.

A layup by freshman forward Dominique Rayam gave ESU its largest lead of 42 points (72-30) with 1:38 left in the third quarter. Twelve different Warriors scored in the win.

Brown hit 6 of 9 shots from the floor and all five of her free throw attempts to reach double figures for a fourth straight game. She has averaged 15.8 points per game during that stretch while hitting 26 of 43 field goal attempts (60.5 percent).

ESU shot a season-best 50 percent from 3-point range, hitting 9 of 18 attempts from beyond the arc. Tamburini's four 3-pointers tied a career-high.

TaKayla Ellis had a team-high 12 points, while Quinniea Gross added 11 points and six rebounds for the Wolves.

The Warriors pulled into a tie with West Chester for second place in the PSAC East standings after the Golden Rams (9-11, 9-7 PSAC) fell 81-68 at Bloomsburg earlier in the evening.

ESU looks to match its season-best with a fifth-consecutive victory on Saturday afternoon against Millersville, with tip-off scheduled for 1 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse. The Marauders (9-12, 7-9 PSAC) edged Mansfield by a 56-49 final on Wednesday, and they topped the Warriors 56-53 when the two teams met at Millersville on Jan. 6.

Notes:

Tamburini's previous career-high in points was a 16-point effort against Cheyney on Dec. 19, 2015.

ESU's two largest margins of victory this season have both come against the Wolves. The Warriors bested Cheyney 86-52 in the first meeting on Dec. 30.