Japriya Carroll scored a career-high 19 points to lead the Misericordia University women's basketball team to an impressive 72-63 win at Eastern, Wednesday night.

Carroll scored 15 of her points in the first half and Justine Seely added 14 points and nine rebounds.  Rachel Carmody had nine points and nine rebounds and Shannon Croasdale had nine points and three assists.

Carroll's three-pointer midway through the first quarter put the Cougars in front and she scored eight straight points for an 11-5 lead.

Carroll added a fast break layup and Croasdale hit a short jumper and Carmody closed the period with a layup to give the Cougars a 20-10 lead after one period.

Eastern cut the lead to 27-21 late in the second quarter, but the Cougars responded with a 10-2 run over the final three minutes.

Seely started the runs with a layup and Carroll and Liz Waleski hit back-to-back three-pointers to make it 33-21.

Croasdale and Carroll both had layups in the final half-minute to take a 37-23 halftime lead.

The Cougars maintained a double-digit lead for much of the second half until the Eagles used an 11-4 spurt to get within 66-63 with 1:11 to play.

Paige Wampole answered with a crucial layup with a minute to go and Carroll and Waleski both sank a pair of free throws to clinch the win.

Misericordia improved to 8-5 overall and 2-1 in the MAC Freedom while Eastern fell to 10-4 and 1-2.  The Cougars will host Delaware Valley, Saturday.