RELEASE DATE: 1/25/06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cold Shooting Mounties Fall 53-50 at Bloomsburg – Tagliaferri With Game High 14 Points

Bloomsburg – Alison Tagliaferri scored a game best 14 points, but Mansfield would shot a season low 27% from the floor in a disappointing 53-50 setback to Bloomsburg in a PSAC East matchup at Nelson Fieldhouse Wednesday evening.

Mansfield’s cold shooting and Bloomsburg’s turnovers were the most consistent part of the game. The Mountaineers managed to hit just 7-of-30 attempts from the floor in the first half, trailing by as much as 26-20 at the 3:35 mark before closing the gap to 26-24 at halftime.

The Mountaineers would go on a 11-2 run over the first six minutes of the second half taking a 35-28 lead on a pain of free throw Tiffany Taylor at the 14:12 mark.

Bloomsburg would answer with an 18-5 run over the next 10 minutes taking a 48-40 advantage on a layup by Colleen Kegerreis with 4:58 remaining.

Mansfield made a final run closing to 51-50 on a 3-pointer by Alicia Espigh with just :13 seconds remaining and got off two 3-pointers in the last six seconds but could not find the basket.

The Mountaineers top three season scorers of Tagliaferri, Jessica Uhrich and Espigh connected on just 23% of their attempts. Mansfield was out rebounded 47-33 but forced 20 Bloomsburg turnovers to Mansfield’s 10.

Tagliaferri added eight rebounds to her game high 14 points with freshman Courtney Brooks scoring a season high 10 points.

Jamie Kauczka, who scored her 1,000 career point late in the game, had a double-double for Bloomsburg with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Kait Urban added 10 points.

Mansfield suffered its first PSAC East (2-1) loss of the season falling out of first place after Kutztown recorded a 69-58 win over West Chester.

The Mountaineers will host Kutztown on Saturday at Decker Gymnasium.

Newspaper Box Score

Mansfield University vs Bloomsburg University

01/25/06 5:30 p.m. at Bloomsburg, PA

At Bloomsburg, PA

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY 53, MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY 50

MANSFIELD UNIVERSITY (7-10, 2-1 PSAC E)

TAGLIAFERRI, Alison 5-15 4-6 14; BROOKS, Courtney 4-9 0-0 10; ESPIGH, Alicia

3-12 1-2 9; HAFER, Mallory 2-3 0-0 6; REED, Brittany 0-1 5-7 5; UHRICH,

Jessica 1-12 0-0 2; TAYLOR, Tiffany 0-3 2-4 2; AKINS, Emily 1-3 0-0 2; ROSS,

Christine 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 16-60 12-19 50.

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY (4-14, 1-3 PSAC E)

KAUCZKA, Jamie 5-11 3-5 13; URBAN, Kait 4-8 0-0 10; KEGERREIS, Colleen 4-7

0-0 8; BURKHART, Kelly 2-8 2-2 7; JOHNSON, Kirby 2-6 2-2 7; JOYCE, Kelly 2-4

0-0 4; LYONS, Laura 2-10 0-0 4. Totals 21-54 7-9 53.

Mansfield University..........   24   26  -   50

Bloomsburg University.........   26   27  -   53

3-point goals-Mansfield University 6-22 (BROOKS, Courtney 2-3; ESPIGH,

Alicia 2-8; HAFER, Mallory 2-2; TAYLOR, Tiffany 0-2; UHRICH, Jessica 0-5;

REED, Brittany 0-1; TAGLIAFERRI, Alison 0-1), Bloomsburg University 4-16

(URBAN, Kait 2-5; JOHNSON, Kirby 1-3; BURKHART, Kelly 1-6; LYONS, Laura 0-1;

JOYCE, Kelly 0-1). Fouled out--Mansfield University-UHRICH, Jessica,

Bloomsburg University-None. Rebounds-Mansfield University 33 (TAGLIAFERRI,

Alison 8), Bloomsburg University 47 (KEGERREIS, Colleen 13).

Assists-Mansfield University 10 (UHRICH, Jessica 2; REED, Brittany 2;

TAGLIAFERRI, Alison 2; TAYLOR, Tiffany 2), Bloomsburg University 13 (LYONS,

Laura 4). Total fouls-Mansfield University 14, Bloomsburg University 14.

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