EMMITSBURG, Md. – Duquesne defeated Mount St. Mary's 66-59 in non-conference women's basketball action on Wednesday.

Brianna Gauthier (Severna Park, Md./St. Mary's) paced the Mount (1-1) with 14 points, six rebounds and four assists while Hassanah Oliver (Hillside, N.J./Hillside) added 11 points in the loss.

Keri Pryor led the Dukes (3-0) with 20 points and Alex Gensler chipped in 14 points off the bench in the winning effort.

Duquesne used a strong run to pull away from the Mountaineers in the second half after Mount St. Mary's tied the contest to earn the victory in the first matchup between the two programs since 1997.

After the Mount tied the game at 39, the Dukes rolled off the next 10 points over a span of three minutes and 31 seconds to grab a 49-39 advantage.

Jaclyn Babe started the decisive run on a traditional 3-point play at 12:40. Pryor then scored in the paint at 11:58 and Gensler nailed a jumper 32 seconds later for a seven-point lead. Eve Pyle capped the 10-point outburst on a 3-pointer at 10:28.

Mount St. Mary's cut the margin to 52-45 thanks to posting six out of the next nine points off buckets from Mary Dunn (Whippany, N.J./Morris Catholic), Oliver and Shanda Anderson (Egg Harbor, N.J./Egg Harbor Township), but then Gensler recorded back-to-back baskets and Little drained a trey to grab a 14-point margin with 6:19 on the clock. Oliver cut the deficit to 63-52 on a basket in the paint, but Duquesne once again restored a double-digit advantage and went on for the victory.

The Mount jumped out to a 5-2 advantage in the contest thanks to a jumper by Dunn, a free throw by Leah Westbrooks (Dublin, Ireland/Holy Faith Second School) and a jumper by Shandra Andresson (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentes School) at the 16:32 mark in the first half.

Duquesne responded to go on a 25-11 run thanks to take a 27-16 advantage with 6:01 left until halftime. Fueled by six points by Gauthier, the Mountaineers cut the margin to 31-27 going into the locker room. Pryor had 14 points in the first half to fuel the Dukes.

Mount St. Mary's opened the second half by scoring 12 of the first 20 points in the stanza to tie the game at 39 with 14:43 left in the contest. Gauthier had five points and Westbrooks added four points in that stretch. The Dukes then scored the next 10 points to go on for its third win of the season.

Westbrooks narrowly missed a double-double after finishing with eight points and 11 rebounds. Andresson added a career-high seven points and seven rebounds.

The Mount outrebounded Duquesne 44-29 in the contest, including 21-5 on the offensive glass.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Tuesday against Lafayette. Game time is 7 p.m.