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2024-25 Pitt-Bradford Women's Basketball News

  • Panthers Season Ends in First Round of AMCC Tournament
    February 25, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team traveled to Mount Aloysius on Tuesday to play in the first round of the AMCC Championship Tournament for the second year in a row. The Panthers struggled to find their range from the field and were defeated by the Mounties 74-33.
  • Murak Sets Career High as 2nd Half Rally Falls Short at Pitt-Greensburg
    February 22, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team brought their regular season to a close on Saturday as they traveled to Pitt-Greensburg, looking to avenge a loss in their previous head-to-head matchup. The Panthers fell behind early, and despite erasing a 16-point deficit to take a lead, fell to the Bobcats 71-66.
  • Panthers Drop Road Game at Penn State-Altoona, Clinch Final Playoff Spot
    February 19, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team could not keep up with Penn State-Altoona in their penultimate regular season game Wednesday night, falling to the Lions 76-53. Despite the loss, the Panthers clinched the 6th and final playoff spot in the upcoming AMCC Championship Tournament due to other results around the league.
  • Panthers Start Strong, but Cannot Keep Up Lions on Senior Day
    February 15, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team hosted Penn State-Behrend on Saturday, looking to build off the momentum of their midweek victory over Alfred State. Despite a solid start, the Panthers were unable to keep pace with the top-seeded Lions, falling 113-65.
  • Ackerman Ties Program Record as Panthers Outshoot Pioneers
    February 12, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team picked up an important win on Wednesday as they defeated Alfred State 84-60 in KOA Arena. The Panthers sank 15 threes in the win, including 8 from Alexa Ackerman, who tied the program record for made three-point fgs in a game.
  • Gratto's Big Second Half Not Enough for Panthers to Overcome Slow Start at Carlow
    February 08, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team hit the road on Saturday, looking to build momentum off a midweek win. The Panthers took on the Carlow Celtics and despite a 29-point effort from sophomore Paige Gratto, the Panthers fell 75-65.
  • Panthers Rally in 2nd Half to Take Down Hawks
    February 05, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team picked up an important road win on Wednesday night as they defeated Hilbert 69-56.
  • Panthers Finish Strong, Drop Home Matchup to Redhawks
    February 01, 2025
    Despite a 29-point fourth quarter, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team came up short in a home matchup with La Roche, falling to the Redhawks 82-67.
  • Murak Sets Career High in loss to Mount Aloysius
    January 25, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball game hit the road on Saturday for a match against AMCC foe Mount Aloysius. The Panthers struggled to slow the Mountie offense and lost 105-77.
  • Panthers Fall Behind Early, Lose to Penn State-Altoona
    January 22, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team hosted Penn State-Altoona in KOA Arena on Wednesday evening, falling to the Lions by a score of 77-54.
  • Panthers Drop Home Match-Up with Bobcats
    January 18, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team returned to KOA Arena on Saturday looking to double their AMCC win total with a matchup against Pitt-Greensburg. Unfortunately, the Panthers fell behind the Bobcats in the second quarter and eventually lost the game 66-58.
  • Panthers Run Out of Steam in Third, Fall to Pioneers on the Road
    January 15, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Women's Basketball team was back in AMCC action on Wednesday night, as they traveled to New York for a road game at Alfred State. The Panthers rallied after the half, but ran out of steam and ultimately fell 64-48 to the Pioneers.
  • Panthers Overmatched by Lions, Fall on the Road
    January 11, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team hit the road over the weekend for a tough matchup against the defending AMCC champions, Penn State-Behrend. The Panthers struggled to score early, and lost to the Lions 93-42.
  • 4th Quarter Rally Falls Short, Panthers Lose to Carlow
    January 08, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team returned to KOA Arena on Wednesday evening for an AMCC matchup against Carlow. The Panthers' early deficit proved to be too much as despite outscoring their opponents 25-17 in the final quarter, they lost the game to the Celtics 65-59.
  • Panthers Struggle on Offensive End, Fall to Redhawks
    January 04, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team returned to action for the Spring semester in Pittsburgh on Saturday. The Panthers struggled to start their offense and lost to LaRoche 93-33.
  • Panthers Sunk by Gators
    December 17, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team brought the fall portion of their schedule to a close on Thursday evening, as they hosted Allegheny in KOA Arena. The Panthers struggled to find the bottom of the net and fell to the Gators 87-46.
  • Panthers Ground Hawks for First AMCC Win
    December 14, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team picked up its first AMCC win of the season on Saturday, as they defeated Hilbert 73-52 in KOA Arena.
  • Panthers Unable to Maintain Hot Start, Fall to Mounties
    December 07, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team opened their AMCC campaign on Saturday, hosting Mount Aloysius. The Panthers started strong, but a long scoring drought allowed the visitors to open up an insurmountable lead which the Panthers could not cut into, losing 104-52.
  • Panthers Erase Early Deficit to Defeat Penn State-DuBois
    November 25, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team battled back from a slow start to defeat Penn State-Duboit 83-76, earning their first victory of the season.
  • 2nd Half Struggles Doom Panthers at Houghton
    November 22, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team was back on the road Friday evening, as they traveled to Houghton for a non-conference matchup against the Highlanders. The Panthers stayed with the hosts early, trailing by 4 points at halftime, but struggled after the break, ultimately losing the game 89-49.
  • Panthers Struggle to Find Range, Fall to Wildcats
    November 16, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team traveled to Williamsport on Saturday, as they took on the Penn College Wildcats in a non-conference matchup. The Panthers shot just 29.3% from the field, including 16% from three, losing the contest 71-47.
  • Panthers Falter Late, Drop Home Opener to Keuka
    November 13, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team held its home opener on Wednesday night, hosting the Keuka College Wolves in KOA Arena. The Panthers held a 4th-quarter lead but could not hang on, falling 63-57.
  • Panthers Fall to Saxons in Season Opener
    November 09, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team opened their 2024-25 campaign with a 72-59 loss to the Alfred Saxons on Saturday.
  • Panthers Prepped for 2024-25 Under New Leadership
    November 08, 2024
    A season after returning to postseason play, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford women's basketball team will look to repeat the feat under the new guidance of head coach Mell Benson in 2024-25.
  • Melloni Benson Tapped to Lead Women’s Basketball Program
    October 07, 2024
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has announced that Melloni Benson has been hired as the new head coach of the women’s Basketball program. She takes over for Kaserra Owens, who left the program for a job with the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team.