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STEVENSON, Md. - Stevenson University women's basketball freshman guard Qiana Coleman (Ellicott City/Mount Hebron) scored a team-high 12 points, one short of her career-high, but the Mustangs could not overcome its poor first half performance in falling to Salisbury 61-48 Saturday on Senior Day at Carolyn Manuszak Student Union Gymnasium.

The win was the fourth-straight for the Sea Gulls (8-15, 8-6 CAC) who have eight of their last 13 after starting the season 0-11.

Stevenson (5-18, 3-11 CAC) totaled just 11 first half points on 4-of-20 shooting while committing 14 turnovers and trailing by 20 at halftime.

After a jumper by Coleman with 13:43 remaining in the first half gave the Mustangs a 6-5 lead, they would not score again from the field until a layup by sophomore center Alex Mercer (Eldersburg/Liberty) with 2:41 left.

During that time, the team missed nine consecutive shots from the floor and had nine turnovers in falling behind by 15, 23-8.

In the second half, Stevenson trailed by as many as 25 before a 13-1 run cut its deficit to 13 with 5:10 to play, but that would be as close as the Mustangs would get in losing their sixth out of the last seven.

Kylie Hall had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Sea Gulls who went 21-of-31 from the free throw line and scored 21 points off of 25 Mustang turnovers.

Senior guard Tara Galvin (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) finished with seven points in her final home game while senior Ashley Burrell (Baltimore/Institute of Notre Dame) added four points, two blocks and two steals.

Sophomore center Cecelia Laskauskas (Arbutus/Danbury (Conn.)) had two points and one rebound in her final collegiate game since transferring to Stevenson from Western Connecticut.

The Mustangs conclude their 2008-09 season with back-to-back road games at Hood on Wednesday and at Mary Washington next Saturday. Wednesday's game with Hood will be at Knott Arena on the campus of Mount St. Mary's in Emmittsburg. Game time is at 6:00 p.m.