The Lancaster Bible College women's basketball team won its fifth straight game on Saturday afternoon as the Chargers defeated Penn St. Abington, 86-74 in Abington, Pa. The victory sends the Chargers to 9-4 overall this season and 8-0 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play. The Nittany Lions dropped to 6-6, 4-3 NEAC and Lancaster Bible has now beaten every team in the NEAC South Division at least once this season.

How it Happened: Lancaster Bible jumped out to an early lead behind the hot-shooting of Caitlin Hickey as the freshman scored 10 points in the first 3:57 of the game and helped give the Chargers a 14-4 advantage. Penn St. Abington would eventually cut its deficit to five at 19-14, but a free throw from Courtney Goyak, followed by a jumper from Hickey and another Goyak layup, restored the Chargers' 10-point lead. Leading by six with under a minute to go, Lancaster Bible got back-to-back layups from Krissy Pennell and Kirsten Webster in the final 32 seconds to give the Chargers a 28-18 lead after 10 minutes of play.

The Chargers opened the second quarter on an 8-3 run which Hickey capped with two straight baskets. Lancaster Bible continued to extend its lead, and who else but Hickey, was at it again as she knocked down another two jumpers, the second of which gave the Chargers a 43-26 lead 5:08 to play. Lancaster Bible continued to lead by double digits through the end of the second quarter as free throws by Pennell and Webster gave the Chargers a 51-35 lead at the break.

The teams went bucket-for-bucket for most of the third quarter, but after the Nittany Lions cut the Chargers' lead to 10 with 4:38 to play, Lancaster Bible held Penn St. Abington to just four points the rest of the quarter and took a 66-52 lead after 30 minutes of play.

Lancaster Bible led by as many as 20 throughout parts of the fourth quarter and though Penn St. Abington chipped away towards the end of the contest, the Chargers won by 12 and were never in trouble.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible shot 58.7 percent (37-of-63) from the field, while Penn St. Abington shot 42.9 percent (30-of-70)...Hickey had a game-high 26 points on 11-of-14 shooting...Hickey was 10-of-11 from the floor in the first half and she also grabbed five rebounds...Goyak finished with 24 points and 20 rebounds, her fourth straight 20-20 game...Pennell had 21 points and a career-high 15 assists...Emily Morgan had eight points and Webster finished with four points...Marah Hayes had a team-high 21 points for the Nittany Lions.

The Coach Says: "I thought we did really well offensively today," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Katelyn Vanderhoff said. "I really liked our movement off the ball and the way we played together. Krissy had another great game, as did Caitlin and Courtney, and everyone seems to be clicking together."

On the Four Games in Seven Days: "It was a great week," Vanderhoff said. "We played some tough games and to come away with four wins says a lot about this team. We are looking forward to a little break, so we can recover a bit, and then we will begin getting ready for next weekend."

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 11-5 all-time against Penn St. Abington...Pennell has broken her career-game high for assists in back-to-back games...Lancaster Bible has shot over 53 percent from the floor in each of its last three games...Lancaster Bible continues to lead NCAA Division III in shooting percentage at 48.5 percent...Hickey (102) and Goyak (100) have each eclipsed the 100 field goal mark for the season...The Chargers have now won 22 straight NEAC games and have not lost a conference regular season game since Jan. 16, 2016 at Morrisville State.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible is off until next Friday when the Chargers host Morrisville State at 5:30 p.m.