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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Kasey Gardner totaled 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead Shippensburg University to a 65-60 women's basketball win over Southern New Hampshire University in day two action at the Disney Division II Tip Off Saturday.  Both teams saw their record evened at 1-1 on the season.

Gardner went 10-19 from the floor and was one of three Raiders in double figures.  Lauren Beckley finished with 16 points and nine rebounds, while Morgan Taylor also added 16 points.

Senior Jenny McDade (Derry, N.H.) led Southern New Hampshire with 17 points and nine rebounds, while Ashara Carrington (Marblehead, Mass.) recorded a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.  Erin Baldwin (Fairhaven, Mass.) went 6-9 from the floor and totaled a career-best 12 points, while Sloane Sorrell (Berwick, Maine) totaled 10 points and seven rebounds in just 17 minutes as she was plagued by foul trouble.

Southern New Hampshire jumped out to a 12-4 lead four and a half minutes into the game following a fast-break layup by Carrington, but the Raiders would score nine unanswered points to take a 13-12 lead on a Beckley basket with 11:16 left in the first half.  The teams traded the lead twice before Shippensburg went on a 14-0 run to take a 27-14 lead with 7:30 left on a Beckley three-pointer.  The Penmen used a late 9-2 run to cut the lead to four, 34-30 with 19 seconds left in the first period on a basket by Morgan Munson (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia) and that would remain the halftime score.

The Penmen cut the Raider advantage to one twice in the early part of the second half, with a basket by Baldwin with 12:47 to go making it 44-43.  Shippensburg countered with an 8-0 spurt to make it 52-43 with 9:32 to play.  SNHU cut the lead to three three times the rest of the way, the last time on a pair of Libby Cullerot (Henniker, N.H.) free throws with 43 seconds left that made it 63-60, but the Penmen would get no closer.

Shippensburg outrebounded Southern New Hampshire 40-36 and limited the Penmen to just 37.9% shooting for the contest, including a 2-for-16 effort behind the arc.  The Raiders connected on four of their 11 three-point attempts in the first half, but missed all four tries behind the arc over the final 20 minutes.

SNHU closes out the Disney Division II Tip Off Sunday when it plays No. 19 Gannon University in a 10:00 am contest.