ST. DAVIDS, Pa.– Eastern University Women's Basketball used a 21-1 run to build a 19-point lead and held off a late charge from the visiting Penn State Brandywine Lions to earn a 56-53 home win. Taylor Price scored nine of her team-high 17 points in the final period to help the Eagles earn the win.

After the two teams played to a 13-13 tie after one period, The Eagles used a balanced attack to score seven field goals and outscor the Lions 16-1 in the second quarter. Da'Naziah Brown made a pair of field goals as five different players scored for the Eagles in the period.

Maya Harris scored the final four points of the half as she buried a 3-pointer and  split a pair at the line in the last minute. In the first half, five Eastern players made multiple field goals, but no one had more than six points.

The Eagles kept the run going as Amanda Riiff and Price made the opening two baskets of the second half. Though the Lions responded, the Eastern lead was still 39-23 with three and a half minutes to play in the third quarter.

Brandywine (4-3) found their offensive stride in the closing minutes of the third period.  The Lions used an 18-2 run to tie the game at 41-41 with seven minutes to play in the game.

Taylor Azer then sparked a 9-0 Eastern run with a beautiful bounce pass to a cutting Regie Robinson who finished at the rim. Price followed up that basket with the next seven points of the game. The senior guard hit a three from the corner on a pass from Riiff, and then finished a pair of layups. Robinson set up the first of those two baskets. She had five assists to go with her nine points, six steals, two blocks, and 15 rebounds.

The Lions scored eight of the next nine points to close the gap to 51-49, but Price found Riiff for a 3-pointer and finished another Robinson pass to put Eastern up seven with two minutes left.

"We talked about composure and getting defensive stops," Head Coach Eric Houston said after the game when asked how he responded to the Brandywine run. "Taylor came up big on offense in the fourth quarter and we stepped up our defense. This was a good way to go into our Christmas break."

Riiff made another three 3-pointers to finish with 11 points in the game. Price, who scored her 1000th career point in the team's last game against Kean, shot 50 percent from the floor. Nikki Velez led the Lions with a game-high 18 points.

The Eagles will play a pair of games at Cabrini just before the new year.