DeLand, Fla. -- Stetson shot 48.4 percent to overcome 27 points from Youngstown State sophomore Brandi Brown in a 79-67 victory on Monday afternoon at the Hatter Holiday Classic at the Edmunds Center.

YSU, down to eight players because of injuries, led 51-50 with 12:42 to play after Maryum Jenkins' trey gave her a career-high 16 points. The Penguins, though, had just four field goals the rest of the game, and Stetson closed out the contest by outscoring YSU 29-16.

Center Natasha Graboski scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Stetson, which improved to 4-5. She was 8-for-14 from the field for the game and 6-for-9 in the second half as she scored 18 points. She scored 16 of those points in the final 9:30.

Brown also scored 18 points in the second half, and she grabbed 11 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season.

After Jenkins' 3-pointer gave the Penguins a one-point advantage, Stetson scored two quick baskets as part of a 6-0 run. YSU didn't have another field goal until Kenya Middlebrooks' trey at the 8:15 mark made the score 60-56.

Brown hit a bucket to make the score 67-63 with 5:55 left, but Stetson scored the next eight points to go up 75-63 on two Graboski free throws with 3:08 remaining. The senior Hatter had the final six points of the 8-0 run.

Two Tieara Jones free throws cut the margin to 10 with 2:52 left, but that's as close as YSU was able to get.

The Penguins made a season-high 12 of its 31 attempts from beyond the arc, which allowed them to stay in the contest. The 79 points Stetson scored were the most by a YSU opponent in the last seven games.

Middlebrooks added 11 points for YSU, but no other player scored more than six. Victoria McGowan had 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting, and Tierra Brown had 11 for Stetson.

Stetson outrebounded the Penguins 54-34. YSU forced 14 steals to create a 21-8 edge in points off turnovers. Stetson had a scoring advantage of 38-14 in the paint.

Youngstown State battled through a physical first half and fast start by Stetson to go into the locker room down just 37-33. Jenkins  was 4-for-5 from the field for 10 points, which was already a season-high, to go along with four steals for the Penguins.

Stetson made its first four shots – a 3-pointer and three buckets in transition – and led 16-8 after starting 7-for-9 from the field. YSU stayed within eight, and, after forcing five straight turnovers, cut the margin to 16-14 on Jones' bucket at the 13:11 mark. Stetson went without a field goal for more than five minutes during that stretch.

The Hatters went back up by seven and led 26-19 after an Ashley Dennis bucket at the 8:29 mark. YSU tied the score at 30-30 when Jenkins hit a bucket and Middlebrooks nailed a trey on back-to-back possessions. Stetson scored the next seven points to go up 37-30 with 27 seconds remaining, but Monica Touvelle hit a 3-pointer in the corner with three seconds left in the half to cut the margin to four.

Stetson shot 51.9 percent in the first half, making 14 of its 27 attempts.

Youngstown State will play Winthrop on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. to conclude its stay at the Hatter Holiday Classic.