CRESSON, Pa. -- The Mount Aloysius women's basketball team defeated the Hood College Blazers (0-4) this Wednesday, Nov 20. Despite both teams struggling with shooting efficiency, strong play from Mountie forward Molly Kosmack (Homer City, Pa., Homer-Center) and guard Jade Love-Morris (Elizabethtown, Pa., Elizabethtown) would be the difference makers across all forty minutes. 

Opening with struggles from the floor, the Mountie defense would help carve out a lead after the first, going up seven after ten minutes of play while forcing eight turnovers in the quarter. The second would see the Mounties extend their lead as high as twenty, helped by nine points in the quarter from Love-Morris. Love-Morris would end the game with eighteen points and seven rebounds, leading her team in steals with four. 

Hood would come out of halftime facing an eighteen point deficit, but cut the lead to eleven after a strong third quarter. However, Kosmack's presence inside would keep her team in possessions, with the forward tallying seven offensive boards for the game, ending with twenty points and thirteen rebounds overall. Collective shooting struggles would plague both teams, with each program shooting sub-40% from the floor and making just four of a combined forty-one three point attempts. Despite these shooting woes, Love-Morris would put together an efficient performance, leading both teams with 77% from the floor and 50% shooting from deep. 

Despite a strong performance in the third, Hood would be unable to mount consistent offense against the hosts, and find themselves in a twenty-two point hole with less than four minutes to play. The Mounties would slow the pace down, running the clock out in an eventual 65-53 win.

The Mounties improve to 3-1, their best start since the 2014-2015 season. Mount Aloysius hits the road on Saturday, Nov 23 to take on Valley Forge. Valley Forge enters the contest 1-3 this season, coming off a 48-68 loss to Penn State Schuylkill.