DeLand, Fla. -- The Youngstown State women's basketball team missed its final 23 field goal attempts and couldn't hold a 14-point second half lead in a 50-46 loss to Winthrop on Tuesday at the Stetson Hatter Holiday Classic.

Youngstown State led 45-32 when Brandi Brown scored under the basket with 13:41 remaining, but the Penguins didn't score again until Maryum Jenkins hit a free throw with 6:09 remaining. That kept YSU up 46-43, but Winthrop scored the final seven points of the contest.

Brown scored a team-high 13 points and was named to the all-tournament team. Jenkins finished with nine points.

The Penguins led 34-25 at halftime and made five of their first eight attempts in the second half before they just couldn't find the bottom of the net. Winthrop went scoreless for more than four minutes after tying the score, and Kaitlyn Rubino gave the Eagles their first lead since early in the first half with 1:33 to go.

YSU turned the ball over with 13 seconds left after forcing a turnover on the defensive end, and Lacey Lyons hit two free throws for Winthrop for the final margin.

Things were clicking relatively well offensively for the Penguins for the first 27 minutes. They made 11 of their 22 attempts in the first half, and every starter had at least six points. YSU made five of its first eight attempts in the second half.

The Eagles never scored in bunches as they only came away with points on back-to-back possessions twice in the second half. YSU committed just 14 turnovers, six of which came in the second half. The Guins did everything well enough to win except shoot.

The Penguins finished making 30.2 percent of their attempts while Winthrop shot 40 percent. The Eagles were 9-for-16 from 3-point range for the game while Youngstown State was 7-for-27. Winthrop was shooting 26.7 percent from behind the arc coming into the game.

All-tournament team member Dequesha McClanahan scored a game-high 17 points and had seven assists for Winthrop. The Penguins forced the Eagles into 21 turnovers, which they converted into a 24-4 edge in points off turnovers.

The lead changed hands five times in the first 6:30 of the contest, but Jenkins scored five straight points as part of a 9-0 run for the Penguins that give them a 20-14 lead with 10:11 remaining.

The Penguins enlarged their lead to 26-17 with 5:16 left when Macey Nortey buried her second triple of the half, and Kenya Middlebrooks nailed another trey at the 4:20 mark to up the margin to double digits for the first time at 29-17. Two Brown free throws capped an 11-0 run for the Penguins with 2:05 remaining that put them up 31-17.

McClanahan hit a 3-pointer at the 1:51 mark to end a scoring drought for Winthrop that lasted more than six minutes, and she banked in a shot from half court at the buzzer to cut the margin to 34-25.

Winthrop started by making six of its first eight shots, but the Eagles finished the half 10-for-24. They committed 11 first-half turnovers, which YSU converted into an 18-2 edge in points off turnovers.

YSU shot 50 percent (11-for-22) in the first half and made six of its 13 attempts from beyond the 3-point arc.

Youngstown State will open Horizon League play on Dec. 31 at Loyola. Tipoff against the Ramblers is set for 2 p.m. Eastern.