The Lancaster Bible women's basketball team opened its 2015-16 with an 84-66 loss to Albright on Friday night at the Neumann University Tip-Off Tournament in Aston, Pa. The Chargers will face Wilkes in Saturday's consolation game at 1 p.m.

How it Happened: The Chargers jumped out to a 7-0 lead over the first 1:34 of the game as senior Katy Stover knocked down a deep 3-pointer, followed by back-to-back buckets by fellow senior Shanice Smith. Albright responded with an 8-0 run of its own over the next two minutes and the two teams finally settled in midway through the first quarter. Smith hit 1-of-2 free throws just before the end of the first quarter to give the Chargers a 20-15 lead at the end of one.

The second quarter played out much like the second half of the first quarter did as the teams matched baskets for much of the quarter. The Lions, tabbed as the preseason favorite in the MAC, used a quick 6-0 run late in the quarter to take a 33-28 lead, but the Chargers trimmed the deficit to four before the half and trailed 34-30 at the break.

Early in the third quarter, a layup from senior Aubrey Folger cut Lancaster Bible's deficit to three at 40-37, but that is as close as the Chargers would get the rest of the way as Albright went on a 12-2 run over the next three minutes and opened up a 52-39 advantage with 4:38 remaining in the third quarter. Lancaster Bible was able to trim the Lions' lead to nine by the end of the quarter thanks to a jumper from Stover with two seconds remaining, but Albright scored 19 of the first 22 points of the fourth quarter and pulled away from the Chargers. Like their counterpart, the Chargers were also picked first in their conference's preseason poll, but simply ran out of gas at key moments of the second half.

[Full replay of Friday's game can be seen HERE. Special thanks to Pete Stover for providing the video.]

By the Numbers: Folger led the Chargers with 22 points and 10 rebounds, while Stover had 19 points and eight boards...Smith had 14 points and 11 rebounds as well for Lancaster Bible, while Alyssa Bowen had six points in her first game in a Chargers' uniform...Lancaster Bible had 11 steals, but committed 21 turnovers over 40 minutes...The Chargers shot 36.2 percent (21-of-58) from the floor and were 20-of-32 from the free throw line...Alysha Loften led the Lions with 18 points.

The Coach Says: "We competed well for three quarters," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Katelyn Vanderhoff said after her first game at the helm of the Chargers. "We felt like we did some very good things offensively and even defensively at times. Albright came out in the second half and made a run and we couldn't catch up. Going forward, we need to buckle down defensively and not allow the opposing offense to do what they to. Saturday against Wilkes, we are looking to compete for the entire 40 minutes and not have any letdowns like we did against Albright."

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 2-6 all-time against Albright...Not only were the Lions picked to win the MAC, but they received votes in the first NCAA Div. III Top 25 poll this season too...This is the first time since the 2011-12 season that the Chargers have lost their season opener...Folger's 10 rebounds give her 1,004 for her career...She already holds the program-record for rebounds in a career and thus becomes the first women's basketball player in Lancaster Bible history to top the 1,000-rebound mark...Only one Lancaster Bible men's basketball player has more than 1,000 rebounds as David Green pulled down 1,130 rebounds in just two seasons from 1986-88.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible takes on Wilkes in Saturday's consolation game at 1 p.m. Live stats for the game can be found HERE.