Kutztown KUTZ 3-4,0-1 PSAC

Gannon GAN 10-1,2-0 PSAC

Kutztown KUTZ

3-4,0-1 PSAC

Final

Dec. 16, 2025

Gannon GAN

10-1,2-0 PSAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Kutztown KUTZ	10	18	12	8	48
Gannon GAN	15	14	23	18	70

Summary
Box Score

Courtesy of Gannon Athletics

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 12.16.25 | C.J. Hemerly, Assistant Sports Information Director

Golden Bears fall behind in second half in first PSAC contest at No. 5 Gannon

ERIE, Pa. – Kutztown and Gannon were in a back-and-forth affair in the first half, but the fifth-ranked Golden Knights came out of the locker room on fire and outscored KU 41-20 in the second half to win the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crossover matchup 70-48 Tuesday afternoon in Erie.

It was the first conference game for the Golden Bears (3-4 overall, 0-1 PSAC) since their last contest against IUP was considered non-conference for KU.

In a rematch of last season's PSAC semifinal round game on March 8, that the Maroon and Gold were victorious 64-58, on their way to the program's first PSAC title, Gannon amassed some revenge and showed why they are a top-10 team nationally with the strong second half to pull away.

Ariana Smuda (Exton, Pa./Downingtown East) made a layup to tie the game at 28-28 with 1:11 left in the second quarter and then GU's Maddy Wheatley went 1-for-2 at the free-throw line to give her team a 29-28 edge heading into intermission. But then the Golden Knights left the locker room and scored the opening 10 points of the third quarter to go on top 39-28.

A Madison Siggins (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) 3-pointer cut the Kutztown deficit to just six at 44-38 with 1:23 to play in the frame, but that was the closest KU would get the rest of the way as Gannon closed the quarter on an 8-2 run.

Siggins led the Golden Bears with 13 points, tying a season-high, going 4-for-8 from the floor and adding two assists and two steals. Olivia Smelas (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe) stuffed the stat sheet and just missed a double-double, finishing with nine points, eight rebounds, four assists, three blocks and a steal. Both Bella Quinn (Ashland, Ky./Russell) and Taylor Gurysh (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) tallied eight points with the latter grabbing three boards. Leila Hurley (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe) recorded six points and Smuda rounded out the scoring with four points.

Kutztown will look to halt its longest losing streak of the season (two) when it has back-to-back home PSAC contests this weekend, first against Clarion on Saturday and then Pitt-Johnstown on Sunday. Both games from Keystone Arena begin at 1 p.m.

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