STAUNTON, VA - Eastern Mennonite University showed why they are ranked 24th in the nation tonight as they defeated Mary Baldwin College 90-50 in non-conference play.

Although the Fighting Squirrels worked to keep the game close early on, the visitors slowly built their lead behind Keyla Baltimore who shot a perfect 8-8 from the floor and 1-1 from the line finishing with 17 points.  Teammate Bianca Ygarza also finished with 17 points and 9 rebounds.

Overall, Eastern Mennonite shot nearly 53% from the floor and almost 47% from behind the arc.  

Mary Baldwin College was lead by Shanice Miles who finished with 15 points and grabbed a game-high 12 boards.  Imani Hill added 11 points and 4 rebounds while Lindsey Poirot scored 9 points and grabbed 5 boards.

First year head coach Nikki Maples commented after the game, "We played a great first 5 minutes of the game and battled back and forth with a well disciplined team.  I can see why they are ranked in the top 25 in the nation.  We will continue to work on our discipline, execution, and conditioning to prepare ourselves for our conference foes."

Mary Baldwin College 0-4 (0-0 USAS) will take a break for Thanksgiving before traveling to Randolph next Thursday in another non-conference matchup.