LYCOMING WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UPSETS DIVISION II MANSFIELD

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Lycoming College women’s basketball team hosted Division II Mansfield University, Sunday afternoon. The Warriors came back from a 15-point, second-half deficit to stun the Mountaineers with an 82-75 victory. Lycoming improves to 3-1 with the win. Mansfield falls to 3-5 on the season.

The game was back-and-forth for much of the first half, but a 17-5 run by the Mountaineers over the final five minutes of the period gave then a 45-33 cushion at the break.

Mansfield maintained the advantage in the early part of the second half, stretching their lead to 15 with 12:57 to play. Little did either team know that the Warriors would go on to outscore the visitors 36-14 the rest of the way.

The rally started with a three-pointer by Rebecca Pugh (So./Pine Grove, Pa.; Pine Grove), a lay-up by Katy Kresge (Sr./Lehighton, Pa.; Marian Catholic), and a pair of free throws by Mindy Culp (Jr./New Columbia, Pa.; Milton) that cut the Mountaineer lead to eight. Over the next eight minutes, Lycoming continued to whittle their deficit down to two with three minutes to play.

The Warriors took their first lead of the second half when Emily DiMarco (Sr./Voorhees, N.J.; Eastern) drained a three-pointer with 1:07 left on the clock to put Lycoming ahead 76-75. DiMarco would add four free throws and Culp would add another two free throws as the Warriors went 6-for-6 from the charity stripe in the final minute to secure the win.

Culp was the game’s high-scorer with 17 points in the game. DiMarco contributed 13 markers and six rebounds. Stacy Lindeman (So./Whitehall, Pa.; Whitehall) added 11 points and five rebounds, and Pugh chipped in 10 points to go along with five assists. Danielle Kern (So./Lehman, Pa.; Lake-Lehman) was Lycoming’s leading rebounder with seven boards in the contest.

Mansfield was led by Stephanie Reiser (Jr./Barnegat, N.J.; Southern Regional) with 13 points. Rachel Reider (Sr./Cranberry Township, Pa.; Seneca Valley) and Alison Tagliaferri (Jr./Linden, Pa.; Jersey Shore) each added 12 points and pulled down 17 and 12 rebounds, respectively.

The Warriors will open up conference competition on Wednesday, December 3, when they travel to the University of Scranton.