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SLIPPERY ROCK -- The Gannon women's basketball team clinched the No. 2 seed in the PSAC playoffs with a 75-59 win over Slippery Rock Wednesday.

Caitlyn Lowe scored 16 points to lead the 18th-ranked Golden Knights.

Gannon (21-4 overall, 18-3 PSAC West) jumped to an early 5-2 lead before the Rock's Jasmine Cooper hit a 3-pointer to tie the game 2 minutes, 20 seconds into the first half to tie the game.

From there, it was all Gannon.

With 14:29 left in the first half and Gannon up 11-10, Lowe hit a 3-pointer to spark an 11-0 run to pull away.

It was all Gannon in the second half.

The Knights forced 20 Slippery Rock turnovers and scored 30 points off those turnovers.

Doriyon Glass and Nettie Blake each had 15 points and nine rebounds for Gannon.

Cooper scored a game-high 20 points for the Rock (5-20, 2-19).

Gannon will travel to 24th-ranked Indiana Saturday before a rematch against IUP in the PSAC quarterfinals Tuesday at Hammermill Center. Tickets for the quarterfinal will be available today, Friday, Monday and Tuesday.

General admission tickets are $7 for adults and $2 for students and senior citizens. Students at any participating school will be admitted free by showing a valid school ID at the door.

Plush and chairback seats cost $10. Season-ticket holders can renew their seats today, Friday and Monday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Carneval Athletic Pavilion, located through Gannon's Athletic Department doors at Third and Peach streets.

For information, call Dan Teliski, Gannon director of athletics media relations, at 871-7418.

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Gannon women beat Slippery Rock, clinch No. 2 seed in PSAC playoffs