COLUMBUS, Ohio (Nov. 29) – The No. 4 Vulcans battled through first-half foul trouble and their lowest shooting percentage of the year on Wednesday night while suffering a 93-75 loss at Ohio Dominican in non-conference play.

With the loss, the California University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team falls to 5-1 this year while playing its first road game in two-plus weeks. Meanwhile, the Panthers improve to 3-2 overall in their first season as members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC).

Junior Jiahna Flood-Francis (Pittsburgh, Pa./West Mifflin) led the team with a season-high 17 points after going four-of-seven from the floor and 9-of-13 from the free-throw line. She also collected a season-high nine rebounds (seven offensive) and added two assists and one block in 28 minutes. A transfer from Salem, Flood-Francis entered play with a combined 17 points and 10 rebounds through the opening five games of the year.

Senior Shatara Parsons (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) finished with 16 points while shooting 6-of-14 from the floor in 19 minutes due to first-half foul trouble. Junior Mia Cushon (Raytown, Mo./Raytown South) posted a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds (four offensive), while classmate Abbey Sporio (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward) tallied 11 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals off the bench. Sophomore DJ Hahn (Warren, Pa./Warren) added 10 points and four rebounds while being limited to 23 minutes due to foul trouble.

ODU opened the game on a 7-2 run before Cal U scored six-straight points to take an 8-7 lead on a layup by Parsons with 6:36 left in the first quarter. Parsons was whistled for her second foul 90 seconds later and the Panthers answered with seven-consecutive points to take a 19-14 lead with 1:38 remaining in the quarter. ODU later stretched its lead to 26-19 with 8:08 left in the second quarter when Parsons reentered the game; however, she was whistled for her third foul only 11 seconds later. The Vulcans later trimmed the deficit to 30-28 on a layup by Cushon at the 5:27-mark of the quarter. The Panthers responded with an 18-4 run to close out the second quarter and take a 48-32 lead at the break. Cal U was limited to just 1-of-10 from the floor during the span, while ODU made six-of-eight from the field with a pair of three-pointers.

The teams traded points in the opening three-plus minutes of the third quarter before the Panthers scored five-straight points to extend their lead to 59-37 at the 4:23-mark. Cal U countered with a 12-6 run, as Hahn and Parsons combined for all 12 points over nearly four minutes, to cut the deficit to 65-49 with 37 seconds left in the third quarter. The Panthers eventually sealed the game with a 10-1 run in the fourth quarter, which stretched the lead to 86-62 with 4:39 left to play. Cal U later worked the deficit down to 93-75 after making 11-of-15 from the free-throw line, but was held without a field goal over the last four-plus minutes.

The Vulcans finished the game shooting a season-low 38.5 percent (25-of-65) from the field, while converting a season-high 24 free-throws. Meanwhile, the Panthers made 47.9 percent (34-of-71) from the floor behind 9-of-19 (47.4 percent) from beyond the arc. Ohio Dominican held a slim 44-42 rebounding advantage and committed just 17 turnovers after Cal U forced over 90 turnovers in its previous three games.

Sophomore Alexa Fisher led five players scoring in double-digits with 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting, including five-of-seven from long range. Senior Sarah Futscher finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, while classmate Megan Eyre added 13 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Cal U returns to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) crossover play this weekend with a pair of road contests, beginning on Saturday, Dec. 2, against Bloomsburg at 1 p.m.