Lycoming 60, Lebanon Valley 50
 
LVC Starters
Lehr, Bamberger, Scarff, Kline, Venezia
 
Lyco Starters
Lutz, McFadden, Painter, Grove, Kline
 
How It Happened
Lycoming held on down the stretch to narrowly edge Lebanon Valley 60-50 in MAC Commonwealth women's basketball action on Wednesday night inside Sorrentino Gymnasium. The Dutchmen suffered their first conference loss of the season and fell to 4-5, 2-1 MACC, while the Warriors improved to 6-2, 3-0 MACC.
 
The visitors were ahead by 11 at 52-41 with 3:59 remaining in the fourth when LVC began to cut into Lyco's advantage. Emily Mealey, who had a career-high in points this evening, hit a fastbreak-layup on the Dutchmen's next possession to cut the Warriors' advantage to single digits at 52-43. Then, with 2:52 left, Megan Bisco hit a jumper to make it a seven-point game at 52-45. Alex Jones then made a layup, but later, with 59 ticks left, Mealey knocked down a huge 3-pointer off an assist from Anne Lehr to bring LVC to within six at 54-48. That, however, would be as close as the Dutchmen would get, as Lyco made enough free throws (6-for-10) down the stretch to hold on for the 60-50 win.
 
The contest was close in the early going after Lehr made a jumper with 4:58 left in the opening quarter to make it a 10-8 game in favor of the visitors. Lyco then scored four straight points to make it a six-point lead with 3:11 remaining, but Mealey didn't allow the Warriors to end the quarter on a big spurt when she hit a jumper with 2:50 left, and the Dutchmen went into the second quarter down by just four at 14-10.
 
In the second, Lyco extended their lead thanks to a 9-0 run that spanned almost six minutes for the 25-10 advantage. The Warriors clamped down on defense in the second quarter and held the double-digit lead for the quarter's entirety and took a 31-17 advantage into halftime.
 
Early on in the third quarter, LVC cut Lyco's lead to single-digits when Lehr capped an 8-4 run by the Dutchmen with a layup, making it a 35-26 game. For nearly the rest of the quarter, the visitors held on to their double-digit advantage until Veronica Venezia hit a layup from Molly Galvin with 49 seconds left, bringing the home team to within nine at 42-33, but Akilah McFadden made a layup with 17 seconds remaining to put the Warriors back up by double-digits at 44-33 heading into fourth-quarter action.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Mealey went for a career-high 24 points on 10-of-17 shoot. She added seven rebounds, one block, and a steal. She also sank two 3-pointers.
 - Bisco enjoyed a career night and had 10 points.
 - Galvin provided a spark off the bench and chipped in six points and six boards.
 - Lehr recorded a team-high five assists and she added three steals and five rebounds.
 - Lyco's Kayla Kline scored a team-high 16 points.
 - Becca Painter (15), McFadden (12), and Erica Lutz (11) were in double-digits in points.
 - Lyco held the narrow edge in total rebounds at 45-38.
 - The visitors narrowly outshot the Dutchmen 36.9-percent to 35.0-percent.
 - The Warriors led in points off turnovers at 17-13.
 - LVC dominated in bench points at 42-4.
 - Lyco held the edge in points in the paint at 42-28.
 - The visitors posted 18 points on the fast break.
 
Who's Next?
LVC will enjoy a 10-day break before its next game. The Dutchmen host Hood College on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 1 p.m.
 
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