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Robert Morris Knocks Women's Basketball Out Of Postseason Contention With 74-61 Win

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MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Robert Morris closed the game on a 22-8 run to defeat Mount St. Mary's 74-61 in Northeast Conference (NEC) women's basketball action on Saturday. With the loss, the Mount (8-20, 5-12 NEC) was eliminated from postseason contention for the second-straight season.

Mary Dunn (Whippany, N.J./Morris Catholic) paced the Mountaineers with 22 points. Selina Mann (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield) added 11 points, seven assists and four steals while Kelly Guerriero (Floral Park, N.Y./Archbishop Malloy) chipped in 11 points off the bench in the loss.

Yohanna Morton, who missed the last six games with an injury, returned to fuel the Colonials (14-13, 11-6 NEC) with 18 points off the bench. Armetis Spanou tallied 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Destiny Harrison added 12 points in the winning effort.

Mount St. Mary's battled back from an eight-point halftime deficit to take the lead before Robert Morris closed the game by scoring 22 of the final 30 points and limiting the Mount to two field goals in the final 12 minutes to end the Mountaineers postseason aspirations.

Trailing 40-32 at the break, Mount St. Mary's scored the first nine points of the final frame to grab a 41-40 edge. Ashley Christie (Miamisburg, Ohio/Archbishop Alter) started the surge with a 3-pointer at 19:41 before Dunn nailed a triple at 17:44 to make it a two-point game. Tara Lonergan (Rockville Centre, N.Y./South Side) then gave the Mount a 41-40 lead on a traditional 3-point play at 17:08.

The two teams would then wrestle for the lead over the next seven minutes. Dunn hit a jumper with 12:24 left for the Mount's last field goal until the final minute of play to give the Mountaineers a 51-50 lead. Kristine Silaraja answered for the Colonials with a layup at 11:47 to give Robert Morris the lead back.

Sandra Andresson (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentes School) hit two free throws at 11:16 to give the Mountaineers their final lead of the afternoon at 53-52, but Harrison responded for the Colonials with two at the stripe with 9:44 to hand the lead back over to Robert Morris for good at 54-53. The two free throws from Harrison started a 15-3 lead to put the game away.

The two teams traded the lead back-and-forth for the first 10 minutes of the first half. With the score tied at 19, the Colonials scored eight unanswered points to grab a 27-19 edge at 7:18.

Mount St. Mary's answered with a 9-0 run to take a 28-27 margin with 5:02 on the clock. Guerriero hit consecutive 3-pointers at 6:50 and 5:47 before Kaufman nailed a trey at 5:02 to complete the run and give the Mount the lead for the final time.  

With the Mount holding a 28-27 lead at 5:02 in the first half, the Colonials closed the stanza on a 13-4 run to grab a 40-32 advantage going into the locker room. Morton sparked Robert Morris with nine points in this stretch.

Morton gave the Colonials the lead on a 3-pointer at 4:20 before the senior converted two at the free throw line at 3:43 for a 32-28 lead. Spanou then scored in the lane at 3:19 before Mann answered for the Mountaineers with two charity tosses 15 seconds later. Spanou and Guerriero then traded baskets before Morton scored the final four points of the stanza in the last 39 seconds to give Robert Morris an eight-point lead at the break.

Dunn notched her second-straight 20-point performance, her fifth of the season and seventh of her career. The senior tied the all-time career games played mark with 116 and will set a new mark in the final game of the year against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Monday. Game time is 7 p.m.

 
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