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Jahzinga Tracey Joins 1,000-Point Club as IUP Downs Bloomsburg in PSAC Crossover

Boxscore and play-by-play

Jahzinga Tracey scored 24 points and became the 16th player in IUP history to score 1,000 points, leading the Crimson Hawks to a 68-57 victory over Bloomsburg in a PSAC crossover game Saturday at Memorial Field House.

IUP, ranked 10th in the country, stayed undefeated at 6-0 in its first home game of the season while Bloomsburg dropped to 3-3.  The Crimson Hawks improved to 14-1 in crossover games in three seasons under head coach Cindy Martin.

Tracey hit 10 of 14 field goal attempts and all three of her free throws to become to fastest IUP woman to ever reach the 1,000-point plateau.  The junior has 1,003 points in only 67 career games.

Tracey also led the IUP defensive charge with nine steals, matching her career high and falling one shy of the school single game record.  The Crimson Hawks forced 34 Bloomsburg turnovers, including 26 in the first half as IUP built a 37-24 lead.

Kylie Miller joined Tracey in double figures with 14 points.  Staci Heberling led IUP with seven rebounds while Lacey Claar dished out four assists.  Eryn Withers scored eight points, all in the first half.

Colleen Kegerreis had a double double for the Huskies, tying for the team lead in scoring with 13 points while pulling down 10 rebounds.  Lauren Healy also had 13 points, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range.

IUP trailed for most of the opening portion of the first half before a 3-pointer by Withers gave the Crimson Hawks a 13-11 lead with 9:09 left before halftime.  A basket by Kegerreis tied it before two free throws by Tracey at the 7:43 mark gave IUP the lead for good.

Those free throws started IUP on a 17-4 run that included seven points by Tracey and three assists by Claar and ended with a Claar free throw with 2:30 left that made it 30-17.  The lead grew to as many as 15 before the Crimson Hawks took a 37-24 lead into the locker room.

The lead never slipped below double figures during the second half, although Bloomsburg did pull to within 10 on three occasions, the last time at 54-44 with 7:37 remaining.  Tracey reached the 1,000-point mark with her basket with 6:37 left in the game.

IUP finishes its first crossover weekend of the season with a 1 p.m. home game on Sunday against Mansfield.

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