Elizabeth Fasti and Gianna Delfino scored 15 points each and Melina Santacroce had a double double as the Misericordia University women's basketball team beat Arcadia, 49-41, in a key MAC Freedom contest, Saturday.

Santacroce had 10 points and 10 rebounds and the Cougars won their fifth straight game to improve to 14-5 overall and 7-3 in the MAC Freedom.  The Cougars are 1.5 games ahead of Arcadia in the MAC Freedom standings.

Down 15-11 early in the second quarter, the Cougars held the Knights scoreless over the final 8:58 of the period to take a 19-15 lead and never trailed again.

Fasti's jumper gave MU a 28-19 lead midway through the third quarter and the Cougars led 33-27 heading to fourth quarter.

Arcadia got within 33-30 early in the fourth quarter, but Fasti and Delfino both nailed three-pointers to extend the lead to 39-32.

Fasti added another three-pointer with 3:00 remaining to maintain MU's advantage.

The Cougars will visit King's, Wednesday.