Cresson -- The Mount Aloysius Women's Basketball team picked up a much needed AMCC victory on Saturday afternoon, as they defeated Pitt-Bradford. 59-48. The win snapped the Mounties 7-game losing streak.

Leaders
- Freshman Carly Stigers (Beaverdale, PA, Forest Hills) set her career-high with 17 points to lead the Mountie scoring attack. She also added five rebounds and three steals.
- Kourtney Walls (Salix, PA, Forest Hills) scored ten points for the Mounties. She led Mount Aloysius with five steals and three assists.
- Senior Lea Sammarco (Patton, PA, Bishop Carroll) also grabbed a team-high five rebounds. Sammarco also hit two of the five Mountie three point field goals on the day.
- Shirleah Ragin led the Panthers with 12 points, eight rebounds, and four assists.

How It Happened
- Mount Aloysius scored the first four points of the game through just under five minutes. The Panthers would go on a 12-0 run before a Stigers three pointer before the end of the quarter cut the lead to 12-7.
- Back to back threes by Walls and Stigers put the Mounties back ahead to open up the second quarter.
- UPB would score four points to put themselves back up by three. However, the Mounties would go on a 13-4 run to finish off the period, putting them ahead, 26-20, heading into the half.
- Sammarco would open up the third quarter with a three, making it 29-20, Mounties. The Panthers were able to score the next eight points to cut the lead to 29-28.
- The teams traded baskets, keeping the score at 31-30. Prior to a Ragin jumper at the end of the quarter, Mount Aloysius went on a 8-0 run. The Mounties led the Panthers 39-32 heading into the final period.
- The fourth quarter saw plenty of action, but the Mounties would not relinquish the lead. UPB cut the lead to four on the first possession of the quarter, on a Shaelyn Snipes three pointer.
- Mount Aloysius pushed the lead to ten before the Panthers would eventually cut it to three, with just over three minutes to go, on a Ragin three pointer.
- The Mounties were able to ice the lead with a Walls floater and eight consecutive made free throws, by four different players. The last two made by Walls, as well.

Into the Box Score
- Both teams struggled shooting from the floor, with the Panthers shooting 29% and the Mounties shooting 28%.
- Mount Aloysius made five three pointers, compared to four makes by the Panthers, despite taking 21 attempts.
- The Mounties were also outrebounded by 20 throughout the game, 49-29.
- During the fourth quarter, the Mounties made an incredible 18 free throws on 18 attempts. They finished the game 24-28 from the line.
- Mount Aloysius picked up a season-high, 14 steals in the game. including five by Walls.

Up Next
- The Mounties get back in action on Monday afternoon in the ACWC, when they take on Medaille. The game will be at approximately, 4 PM, following the Men's game.
- Medaille is coming off their first win of the season, on Wednesday. The Mounties beat the Mavericks earlier this season, 69-64, in Buffalo.