CLARION, Pa. --- The Golden Eagle women's basketball team rebounded from a sluggish first quarter to pull within a single possession late in the game, but Clarion came up just short in falling 63-57 to Edinboro at Tippin Gym.
 
Clarion struggled at the outset of the contest but turned things on starting in the second quarter, outscoring the Fighting Scots by five points over the final 30 minutes of action. After trailing by 11 points at the end of the first quarter, the Golden Eagles got as close as one point early in the fourth, after Dominika Logue sank a midrange jumper just 1:32 into the final period. That cut the deficit to 50-49, but Edinboro went on a 9-0 run in the next three minutes to again extend the lead to double-figures.
 
Then it was the Golden Eagles' turn to go on a run. Hannah Wilkerson got things going with a make at the 5:32 mark, and just 50 seconds later she drew it down to five points with a bucket in the paint. After a series of defensive stops Autumn Taylor cut it down to a one-possession ballgame, draining a three-pointer from the right wing to make it 59-57 with 2:21 to play.
 
Edinboro halted the Golden Eagle offense from there, though, holding them scoreless for the remainder while sinking four free throws down the stretch to clinch the win.
 
The scoring standout of the day was Sadre'a Rougeau, who set a new season-high with 19 points on the day. She rarely came off the court, playing a team-high 37 minutes and making them count. Siara Conley, meanwhile, pulled down a game-high nine rebounds, while DayLynn Thornton and Heather Ansell each recorded five assists.
 
Rougeau was the one to kick things off in the second quarter, hitting a three-pointer on the team's first offensive possession just 12 ticks in. She drilled another one at the 6:55 mark of the half, and Logue followed with one of her own on the next possession to cut Edinboro's lead to 22-16. Rougeau made a short jumper from the paint to cut it to 26-21, and Ansell made it a two-possession ballgame with a three-pointer with just over a minute to play in the first half.
 
The Fighting Scots rallied a bit at the end of the period to make it a 37-29 lead at the break, and they led by as many as 14 points midway in the third quarter. Alyssa McLellon and started the process of bringing her team back with a midrange jumper, and Logue made a three-pointer to cut the lead to 46-40. McLellon then finished off an old-fashioned three-point play by scoring through contact from Hayley Sims, making the free throw on the back end to cut Edinboro's lead to 48-45.
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