FROSTBURG, Md. – Frostburg State women's basketball fall short at home against the Alderson Broaddus Battlers with a final score of 78-42. The Bobcats were led by first year Rhiana Hall with 11 points and one steal. This drops the Bobcats to 2-11 and moves the Battlers to 5-9 on the season.
 
Sophomore Arianna Briggs-Hall got the first points for the Bobcats at the 8:43 mark. FSU struggled to hold off Alderson Broaddus by giving up five points by the 7:54 mark. Frostburg answered quickly with junior Drew Dunathan landing a good layup making the score 8-4. It wasn't enough to hold the Battlers off, giving up the next 11 points. Hall landed the last points for the quarter at the 1:17 mark ending the score at 19-10.
 
The Bobcats struggled to score until first year Kyrsten Joseph landed one of two free throws at the 7:37 mark. Sophomore Ciara Thomas landed a good layup with four minutes to go in the quarter, making the score 32-17. Both teams struggled to score the remainder of the quarter with the last points dropped at the 3:09 with a score of 36-17 in favor of the Battlers.
 
Thomas opened the scoring in the second half for FSU with a good layup less than a minute in. A free throw from Briggs-Hall at the 3:10 mark ended the scoring for the Bobcats in the third quarter, allowing the Battlers to go on a four-point scoring run ending the third with a score of 56-29.
 
Frostburg struggled to score during the final quarter of play, with junior Morgan Dombroski getting the first points at the 4:48 mark with a good jumper. A jumper from Hall followed by two good free throws later in the quarter bringing the score to 78-41. Dombroski ended the scoring for both teams after landing a good free throw with 10 seconds left in the game.
 
Arianna Briggs-Hall ended the night with eight points, six rebounds, and one steal while Ciara Thomas ended the night with eight points and six rebounds.
 
The Frostburg State women's basketball team returns to play Wednesday, February 24 at Notre Dame (Ohio). Tipoff is set for 5:00 pm. For more information go to www.frostburgsports.com.