Box Score
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Senior center Jennifer Northcott (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) scored a game-high 17 points and the Lebanon Valley College women's basketball team recorded a convincing 77-39 victory over Albright in LVC's Commonwealth Conference and home opener Tuesday evening at the LVC Gymnasium.
Lebanon Valley (2-1, 1-0 CC) had four players reach double figures in scoring and forced Albright into 28 turnovers. The Lions (1-3, 0-1 CC) were led by freshman forward Meredith Berger, who scored a team-high 15 points.
Northcott, who also had a team-high eight rebounds, is now just 11 points shy of becoming Lebanon Valley's fifth career 1,000-point scorer.
Sophomore guard Allie Butler (Sellersville, Pa./Pennridge) and sophomore forward Monica Johnson (Baltimore, Md./Randallstown) added 13 points apiece for LVC while senior forward Tamika Rogers (Baltimore, Md./Milford Academy) contributed 10 points and seven rebounds. Junior forward Terri Faust (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia) knocked down eight points in just 10 minutes off the bench while senior guard Erin Eaby (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) was credited with a game-high five steals.
Freshman center Staci Waligorski added eight points and nine rebounds for Albright.
Lebanon Valley never trailed after scoring the game's first six points and kept Albright off the scoreboard over the game's opening 5:12. A pair of free throws by freshman Donna Geiger (Westminster, Md./Chapelgate Christian) with 8:55 left in the opening half gave the Valley its first double-digit lead (17-6) of the night. LVC led by as much as 18 (33-15) in the first period and took a 34-18 lead into halftime.
The Flying Dutchmen continued to roll in the second half, scoring the first seven points to assume a 23-point lead less than a minute into the period. LVC gradually pulled away over the rest of the game, and the team's lead reached as much as 40 (71-31) with 5:04 left.
Lebanon Valley returns to action on Thursday, when it visits No. 17 Johns Hopkins University at 7 p.m. in a non-conference tilt.
[Photo - Sophomore guard Allie Butler, who scored 13 points in Lebanon Valley's 77-39 win over Albright on Tuesday]
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