Lady Warriors Grab Second Victory of the Season
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lycoming women’s basketball ended its four game skid with 68-60 victory over Penn State-Altoona on Tuesday evening in Lamade Gymnasium.  The Lady Warriors improve to 2-5 on the season while the Lions fall to 2-3.

Lycoming enjoyed a double-digit advantage on several occasions throughout the contest, but a 12-0 run to open the game spurred the Warriors on to a strong shooting evening.  Eight of those first dozen points came via a pair of three-pointers and a long jumper from senior Amy Kile (Muncy, Pa./Muncy).

Kile and freshman Andrea Cooper (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) each scored 20 or more points marking the first occurrence of such a score line this season for Lycoming.  Cooper led all scorers with 21 tallies on 6-of-11 shooting from the field and an 8-for-8 outing from the foul line.  She also added eight rebounds, four assists, and blocked four shots to improve upon her Freedom Conference leading two swats per game.  Kile dropped in 20 points on 5-for-12 shooting including a trio of long range hits.  She also collected eight rebounds and blocked a shot.

Guard Brittany Poorman led the Lion attack with 17 points and eight rebounds while Erin McGowan added 13 tallies and seven boards.

Lycoming came out firing in the first half, hitting on eight of its first 10 shots to push out to an 18-10 lead with 12:37 left.  PSU-Altoona, aided by a strong full-court press, clawed back to enjoy a four-point lead at 35-31 with less than three minutes to play in the half.  The Warriors clamped down, not allowing the Lions to score for the remainder of the period and went into the intermission up 37-35.

The Lions would not be as close as two points for the rest of the game.  Lycoming turned up the defense on PSU-Altoona’s perimeter game and began taking the ball into the paint on offense.  The Warriors went to the charity stripe 18 times during the second stanza, cashing in on 14 of the free tries.

Lycoming shot 43.5 percent from the field (20-for-46) for the game, the squad’s most efficient output since its first victory against SUNY-Fredonia in the season’s second game.  The Warriors canned 5-of-10 three-pointers and converted 23-of-28 free throw attempts for an 82.1 percent average.

Lycoming looks to make it two in a row on Saturday, December 10, as the Warriors travel to Juniata College to battle the Golden Eagles.  Game time is set for 1:00 p.m.