CHEYNEY, Pa. – The Lady Wolves connected on 9 of its first 10 free-throws in the first three quarters, but made just 2 of its final 10 attempts from the charity stripe and fell 62-57 to visiting Mansfield University Friday night in PSAC east action inside Alfred Cope Hall.

Two Cheyney (1-7, 1-7 PSAC E) player's So. Quinniea Grosss with 12 points and 11 rebounds and So. Marlon Herring with 11 points and 10 rebounds, recorded double-doubles in the defeat. Brielle Kelly scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Mounties (3-9, 1-7 PSAC E) to their first conference victory of the season.

Despite the troubles from the line, the Lady Wolves reeled off six straight points to take a 56-55 lead with 5:01 to play.

Herring started the run with a layup, then a steal and a basket from Jr. Shania Stamper made it a one point contest, and Sr. Adriene Small put Cheyney up with a long two-pointer from Jr. TaKayla Ellis.

Bella Ricci rebounded her own miss then gave Mansfield the lead for good 58-56 with her third three-pointer of the game at the 4:20 mark.
Cheyney missed five of six free-throws in the final three-minutes and Ricci put the game away with two free-throws with 13 seconds remaining for the final score of 62-57.

Ellis led the Lady Wolves with 14 pointsmaking 4-of-8 from downtown, Gross added a game-high 3 blocks to her double-double, Herring dished out four assists to with her double-double, while Stamper also had four helpers.

Cheyney heads to Kutztown on Monday night at 5:30 to open a busy week that includes a home game against Lock Haven on Wednesday and closes with a trip to West Chester on Saturday for a 1 p.m. tipoff with the golden Rams.