LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- The Golden Eagles women's basketball team saw their seven-game win streak snapped on the road on Friday, as Clarion fell 79-54 to Lock Haven in a PSAC crossover game at Thomas Fieldhouse. The streak had been the Golden Eagles' longest in 20 years.
 
The Bald Eagles started to pull away in the game late in the first half, turning a two-point lead with under three minutes to play into an 11-point lead at halftime. Lock Haven outscored the Golden Eagles 9-0 in that time span, building up a double-digit advantage that they never relinquished in the second half.
 
The Golden Eagles had an uncharacteristically cold night shooting from the field, with Autumn Taylor ranking as the leading scorer with 13 points on 5-of-15 from the field and 3-of-7 from three-point range. Arianna Seitz chipped in 10 points, while Tearra Cook had a team-high nine rebounds to go with four points and a block.
 
Taylor had the Golden Eagles ahead early in the game, scoring in transition after a steal by Zoe Guice near the halfway point of the first quarter. Seitz later added a three-pointer, making it 9-8 with 2:15 left to go in the first half, but the Bald Eagles outscored Clarion 7-3 the rest of the way in that period to take a 15-12 lead. The Golden Eagles started the second quarter on a 7-2 run, with Thornton knocking down a trey and then feeding Cook for a layup on the next offensive possession to even up the score. Guice closed out the run when she drew a foul from Alana Robinson on the fast break, making both free throws to go ahead 19-17.
 
Things stayed tight for the next few minutes, with Madison Palek scoring at the 6:04 mark of the second to tie the game at 21. DayLynn Thornton scored with under three minutes to go to pull the Golden Eagles to within 31-29, but the Bald Eagles closed out the first half on an extensive run to take a 40-29 lead at the halftime break.
 
That deficit grew to 18 points early in the third quarter, until Siara Conley broke the drought with a bucket at the 4:58 mark. Nonetheless the Bald Eagles continued to push the issue, going up 63-41 at the end of the third quarter and cruising in the fourth to the win.
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