The Misericordia University women's basketball team dropped a tough 60-50 loss to #4 Scranton, Monday night in the Anderson Center.
Lizzy Mitchell led the Cougars with 16 points while
Morgan Janeski had 13 and
Caitlin Landgraf added 10.
Emily Romanowski had a team-high six rebounds.
The Cougars grabbed an early 9-3 lead on three straight three-pointers.
Janeski got a shooter's roll from the top of the key to open the game and then pump-faked before draining another three from the right wing.
After a Scranton three-pointer, Landgraf drilled a three from the top of the key to make it 9-3.
Mitchell hit a jumper from the left baseline and drilled a deep three-pointer from the top of the key for a 14-8 lead with 3:52 left in the first quarter.
Scranton scored the last six points of the period to get within 14-13 at the end of the quarter.
The Royals opened the second quarter on a 10-0 run to go in front, 23-14.
Romanowski beat the shot clock with a three-pointer form the right wing to get MU within 23-19 with 6:05 left in the first half.
Janeski hit another three from the left corner with 1:02 to go in the period and Scranton scored on a putback to take a 29-24 lead into halftime.
Scranton stretched its lead to 37-26 early in the third quarter, but the Cougars rallied.
Mitchell drilled a three-pointer from the left corner and
Ava Cirigliano hit a jumper in the lane. Mitchell hit Cirigliano with a wrap-around pass on the right block for a layup and then hit a step-back three from the left wing to get within 40-36 with 4:17 to go in the third period.
Mitchell converted a three-point play to make it 40-39 with 3:12 to go.
Down 44-39, Janeski hit a jumper with her foot on the line with 2.1 seconds to go cut the margin to 44-41 at halftime.
Romanowski's up-and-under bucket opened the fourth quarter, but Scranton went on a 10-2 run to take a 54-45 lead with 4:20 to go.
Landgraf sank back-to-back turn-around jumpers in the lane and buried a three-pointer from the top of the key to get within 56-50 with 1:44 to play, the Royals made four three throws in the final :25 to clinch the win.
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