FAIRMONT, W.VA. – Davis & Elkins women's basketball team dropped a Mountain East Conference contest 68-59 Wednesday night at Fairmont State.

The Senators trailed by just three points after a quarter of play 13-10.  Allie Taylor connected from three twice in the second quarter and D&E trailed 31-30 at the break.  Fairmont State would open the second half on a 15-2 run to put the Falcons up 46-32.  The Senators wouldn't quit and ended up cutting the lead to just six with 1:04 to play in the game.  Fairmont's Kamrin Weimer connected on a corner three with 34 seconds left to put the game away.

Taylor and Marissa Berlin each had double-doubles.  Taylor scored 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Berlin had 16 points and 14 boards.  Dream Cherry just missed a double-double scoring 17 points and grabbing 9 rebounds.

The Falcons were led by Weimer, who had 17 points connecting on five of seven three-point field goals.

D&E drops to 3-11 overall and 0-9 in the MEC.

Fairmont improves to 9-5 and 7-2 in the league.

The Senators return home Saturday afternoon hosting rival West Virginia Wesleyan at 2pm inside the McDonnell Center.