Box Score The Misericordia University women's basketball team lost to Muhlenberg, 66-62, Thursday night in Allentown.

Lizzy Mitchell, Raegan Palmer and Morgan Janeski all tied for the team lead with 11 points. Emily Romanowski had 11 rebounds while Caitlin Landgraf added eight points, six rebounds and four assists.
 
Down 59-51 with 4:34 to play, the Cougars went on a 11-4 run to get within a point in the final minute.

Palmer banked in a three-pointer from in front of the MU bench to beat the shot clock.

Landgraf followed with a spinning layup off an inbounds pass to get within 61-57 with 2:10 to play.

Romanowski drove the length of the court of an inbounds pass to make it 63-59 with 1:32 to go.

Janeski's steal led to a Palmer three-pointer from the right wing to cut the margin to 63-62 with just under a minute to play.

The Mules converted three of four free throws in the final :10 to clinch the win.

Mitchell scored the first points of the game for the Cougars with a layup off the glass. A Janeski three from the right corner, Mitchell driving layup and left wing brought the score to 10-6.

Muhlenberg tied the score, 12-12 with 2:13 left in the quarter before a Mitchell three-pointer from right wing put the Cougars back in front. The Mules responded again with a three-pointer and the Cougars reclaimed the lead on an Ava Cirigliano layup off the glass. Muhlenberg briefly held a 19-17 lead before Emily Romanowski beat the buzzer with a jumper from the high post to tie the score, 19-19, heading to the second quarter.

The Cougars started the second quarter on a 5-0 run courtesy of an Addison Fritz driving layup and free throw on top of a Landgraf driving layup. MU extended the lead with a Mitchell three-pointer at the top of the arc with 5:37 to play. Tied 29-29, the Cougars closed the quarter on a 7-0 scoring run. Landgraf made a putback, Janeski hit a three from the left wing and Landgraf hit a pair of free throws as the first half closed with the Cougars leading 36-29.

Muhlenberg scored four straight points to start the third quarter. Misericordia scored its first points of the second half on a putback by Fritz. Cirigliano drove in for the layup and Janeski made a three-pointer from the left corner to extend the Cougars lead to 43-37.

Muhlenberg scored seven straight points to take the lead, but Fritz drilled a turn-around jumper from the left low post to reclaim a 45-44 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

Fritz hit a pair of free throws to open the fourth quarter. After the Mules took the lead at 9:07, Fritz made a layup on the putback to tie the game, 49-49. Muhlenberg scored the next five points, but Palmer made a driving layup to cut the deficit to three with 7:31 to go.