The Lancaster Bible College women's basketball team saw its season come to a close on Tuesday night, as the top-seeded Chargers lost to Penn St. Abington, 67-54 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference Quarterfinals at Horst Athletic Center. The Chargers end the year with a record of 17-9, while Penn St. Abington will move on to the NEAC Final Four with a record of 14-11.

How it Happened: Penn St. Abington set the tone of the game early and jumped out to a 12-2 lead after a 3-pointer from Brittany Keyes with 5:16 left in the opening quarter. The Chargers mustered only two free throws in the opening five minutes, and didn't score their first bucket of the game until sophomore Caitlin Hickey converted a layup with 2:54 to play in the first, that cut the Nittany Lions' lead to 14-5.

After trailing 16-7 after 10 minutes of play, Lancaster Bible began to show some life in the second quarter, as the Chargers opened the quarter on an 11-4 run over the first 4:04 of the second frame. Hickey caught fire early in the quarter, as she scored all 11 points of the run, and capped it with back-to-back 3-pointers that made it 20-18 in favor of the Nittany Lions.

Penn St. Abington recovered and maintained its lead, but a late layup from senior Kirsten Webster, cut the Chargers' deficit to just two, 28-26, heading into halftime.

Lancaster Bible tied the game 25 seconds into the third quarter on a pair of free throws from junior Courtney Goyak, and tied it at 30-30 with 6:10 to play on a jumper from Webster. A 6-0 run by Lancaster Bible later in the quarter gave the Chargers their first lead of the game at 36-34 after a layup from freshman Leah Steiner. The lead didn't last long, and a late 3-pointer from Keyes with 20 seconds to play in the third quarter gave the Nittany Lions a 41-38 lead after 30 minutes of play.

Rather than claw back into the game, Lancaster Bible went cold from the field and free throw line, and Penn St. Abington opened up a 10-point lead, 48-38 after a layup from Iman Richmond with 8:05 to play. Lancaster Bible went on a quick 8-2 run over a 1:19 span, capped by Hickey's three-point play, but the Chargers never got any closer, as the Nittany Lions went on an 8-0 run, highlighted by Symantha Marrero's back-to-back 3-pointers, and took a 58-46 lead with 4:04 to play.

The Chargers cut the deficit to eight with just over three minutes to play, but the Nittany Lions had an answer every time, and Richmond hit four free throws in the final 32 seconds to seal the upset.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible shot 22-of-64 (34.4 percent) from the field, and just 4-of-12 from 3-point range...Penn St. Abington was 26-of-61 from the floor, and was an impressive 11-of-23 from 3-point range...Hickey finished with a game-high 23 points, and added four rebounds and two assists...Goyak had 12 points, 19 rebounds and three assists, while Webster posted 12 points and four assists in her final collegiate game...Grace Dewey, Shayna Rodriguez and Marrero each had 16 points for Penn St. Abington, while Dewey also grabbed 16 rebounds...The Nittany Lions held a 41-32 edge in rebounds, though Lancaster Bible had a 32-12 advantage in points in the paint.

The Coach Says: "Abington was ready for tonight's game, and we weren't focused enough on the little things to stay with them, especially in the beginning of the game," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Katelyn Vanderhoff said. "We talked about getting a hand in their face when they shot the ball, and we didn't do that enough. When they have balanced scoring like they did tonight, they are a really good team, and we couldn't answer that tonight."

On senior Kirsten Webster: "She has been a great player for us, and it was so awesome for her to be healthy for an entire season this year," Vanderhoff said. "I have loved coaching her, and watching her grow, and she has left a mark on this program."

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 15-6 all-time against Penn St. Abington, and Tuesday's loss snaps an eight-game winning streak for the Chargers over the Nittany Lions...Webster finishes her career with 1,149 points, the sixth-most in program history...Her 104 games played are the seventh-most all-time, and her 296 assists are the fourth-most in program history...Hickey has 966 points in two seasons with the Chargers, and will look to become the 12th player in program history with 1,000 points early in the 2018-19 season...Lancaster Bible finishes the year with an 8-5 record at home...The Chargers 34.3 percent shooting was the team's lowest since a 34.3 percent performance in a 57-50 victory over St. Elizabeth on Dec. 9.