WASHINGTON — The Niagara University women’s basketball team was on a fairly long road trip already. But the weather in upstate New York has made it even longer.

The team was headed back to the campus in Lewiston, New York, after a Monday-night game against the University of Pittsburgh when they got caught in the snow, which has reached six feet in certain areas.

The team got off the bus early Wednesday morning after being stuck for more than 24 hours.

Among the players stuck on the bus was sophomore guard Emily Granruth, who grew up in Centreville, Virginia.

The team’s bus left Pittsburgh at about 10 p.m., Granruth told WTOP Tuesday night. At about 2 a.m. Tuesday, she says, “we stopped, and we haven’t moved since.”

They were near West Seneca, New York — about a 35-minutes drive under normal conditions — and they passed the time talking, watching movies and doing schoolwork, but that started to wear thin.

“It’s a little bit stressful,” Granruth said.

Worse yet, she said, “We just ran out of food, so that kind of put a damper on things.”

Water was no problem, at least.

“We just run outside and fill up our water bottles with snow.”

They’ve got a sense of perspective, though.

“We’ve been hearing reports of people that are really struggling out there,” Granruth says, “so we’re doing our best to remain positive.”

Granruth says the police had been in contact with the coaches and the bus driver, but hadn’t been able to give any official estimate of when they’ll be able to move again: “The next day or two” is the best she can say prior to the early Wednesday removal from the bus.

The team got off the bus at around 4 a.m. Wednesday.

At least they were warm while on the bus: The heat could stay on as long as the bus idled, and the bus driver said they had about 200 hours of idling time. However, the bathroom was getting a real workout, but there isn’t much of an alternative, Granruth pointed out.

They teammates gave more than a few media interviews about their plight, and otherwise, Granruth said, “We’re all trying to remain positive and just stick together.”

The whole experience might be a bit more pleasant if they’d won Monday night. They lost, 70-54.

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