IUP Drops PSAC Crossover Contest at Kutztown

Complete game stats and play-by-play

IUP connected on only 18 of 70 field goals, including just 3 of 25 from three-point range, in suffering a 56-46 loss at Kutztown in a PSAC crossover contest at Keystone Arena.

The loss dropped IUP to 5-4 and the Indians remained winless in four road games this season.  Kutztown is also 5-4.  The point total is tied for the sixth lowest in IUP history and was just the third loss in 15 games all-time against the Golden Bears.

Molly Miller was the only IUP player in double figures, scoring 13 points before fouling out with 2:58 left in the game.  Katie Glaws had nine points and a team-high six rebounds while Julie Gallo finished with seven points.

Mame Brumbaugh dished out four assists and made five of IUP's 15 steals.

Rachel Weidensaul led all scorers with 15 points while Brooke Martin added 11 points and six rebounds.  Mercedes Van Wagner had eight points and seven rebounds.

After falling behind 13-4 in the first 6:35 of the game, IUP went on a 12-0 run, taking a 16-13 lead at the 10:07 mark on a three-pointer by Miller.  The Indians went on to lead by as many as five on two occasions, the second at 26-21 on a three by Lizzie Demor with 3:05 left before halftime.

IUP was unable to score the rest of the half and saw its lead sliced to 26-25 by the break.  The Indians then suffered through another poor second half shooting performance, hitting just 7 of 37 (18.9 percent) from the floor overall and all 13 of their three-point shots.

Kutztown took advantage of the slumping IUP shooters to take control of the game early in the second half.  Trailing 32-29 with 15:34 left in the game, the Golden Bears scored nine of the next 10 points over a 3:29 span, taking the lead for good at 36-33 on a three by Martin and making it a five-point game on a layup by Van Wagner.

IUP stayed close, cutting what became a seven-point deficit down to two on consecutive baskets by Gallo and Lauren Fisher, the latter making the score 45-43 with 4:23 left in the game.  But Kutztown scored the next six points, all on free throws by Weidensaul, to build a 51-43 cushion with 1:30 to go.

A layup by Glaws made it 51-46 with just a tick under a minute remaining, but that was as close as IUP would get.

The Indians conclude their Eastern swing and wrap up the pre-holiday portion of their schedule on Wednesday at West Chester.