WASHINGTON, Pa. -- In a battle of the final two unbeaten teams in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, No. 5 Thomas More handed Washington & Jefferson a 73-57 defeat at the Henry Memorial Center.

With the loss, the Presidents fall to 13-2 overall and 7-1 in the league. The Saints are now 14-1 on the year and 8-0 in conference play.

Both teams were sluggish in the opening period, combining for just 20 points, as the visitors held a 13-7 lead through 10 minutes. The squads did a lot of basket exchanging in the second quarter, with Lauren Gilbert (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) scoring seven points for W&J and Amirah Moore (Moon Township, Pa./Moon) notching an additional six, but a 24-19 effort by TMC gave the Saints a 37-26 lead at intermission.

A 9-0 pushed Thomas More's lead out to 19 points, which the Saints hit a few times in the third quarter, but three-straight three-pointers by the Presidents, one by Danielle Parker (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) and two from Gilbert got the deficit as close as W&J would get at 10 points, 54-44, at the 1:03-mark of the third quarter.

Five points in a 22-second span later in the fourth quarter once again made it a 10-point game on a three-point play by Mia Woytovich (Charleroi, Pa./Charleroi) with 2:48 to play, however W&J was unable to get within single digits before the eventual 73-57 margin.

Gilbert led all players with 21 points, including four triples, her third game over 20 points of the season. Moore inched closer to the 1,000-point plateau as her 14 points brought her to 929 on her career. She also grabbed five steals and had three rebounds and a team-high three assists. Woytovich joined the duo in double figures with 10 points, plus a team-best eight rebounds.

TMC had four players in double figures and held a 36-12 advantage on points in the paint.

W&J returns to action, and concludes the first trip through the PAC schedule, with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off at rival Waynesburg on Wednesday, Jan. 17.