GREENSBURG, Pa. --- The Golden Eagles women's basketball team went toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in the nation for 30 minutes on Wednesday, but a fourth quarter surge by #5/10 Seton Hill delivered a 92-68 win for the Griffins in PSAC play. Clarion led with 3:37 left to play in the third quarter before Seton Hill exploded over the remainder of regulation.
 
A slow start for the Golden Eagles faded away in the second quarter as Clarion turned the heat up on the Griffins, shooting 16-of-30 (.533) in the second and third quarter to erase a double-digit deficit. Clarion turned a 15-point hole early in the second quarter into a six-point one at the half, starting with a fast break layup from Malayziah Etheredge. Autumn Taylor brought it down to single digits with a jumper at the 4:27 mark, and she pulled the Golden Eagles to within 34-29 with under three minutes to go in the half.
 
Taylor had her best scoring output in more than a month, going off for 29 points on 9-of-19 shooting and an 11-of-16 performance from the free throw line. The sophomore guard pulled down a team-high six rebounds and also forced two turnovers. She went right back to work in the third quarter, following up a Siara Conley fast break jumper with a make of her own to cut the Griffins' lead to 42-38. Zoe Guice scored on two straight possessions, making it 46-44 with a bucket at the 7:07 mark, and Taylor tied the game two minutes later with a pair of free throws.
 
For the next several minutes Clarion kept their foot on the gas, with Guice and Conley adding buckets to keep the Golden Eagles in the lead. Madison Palek scored with 3:58 to go in the quarter to make it a 55-53 lead, but that was the last time the Golden Eagles led as the Griffins stormed back. Hallie Cowan drained a three-pointer to put Seton Hill ahead 58-55, and the Griffins extended the lead to 67-60 before the end of the quarter. The Griffins scored the first 14 points of the fourth quarter as well, extending their lead to 81-60, en route to the big win.
 
Guice scored 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting, while Etheredge came off the bench for eight points, four rebounds and two steals.
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