The Lancaster Bible College women's basketball team put together its first winning streak since November on Wednesday night, as the Chargers defeated Penn College, 55-49 at Horst Athletic Center. The Chargers are now 5-15 overall this season and 3-8 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while the Wildcats dropped to 1-19 overall and 0-11 in conference play.
 
How it Happened: Lancaster Bible jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead, as Becca Lucente strung together five of the first seven points. Lucente added another bucket at the 6:16 mark to make it 11-6 in favor of the Chargers, but it would be the last bucket for the home team for over five minutes, as Penn College put together a 6-0 run and took a 12-11 lead. The teams traded baskets in the final minute, and the Wildcats held a 14-13 lead after 10 minutes of play.
 
The Chargers scored the first six points of the second quarter for a 1-14 lead, as Christine Graves had two buckets during the run. Lancaster Bible led for much of the second frame, but a late 4-0 run by the Wildcats tied the game in the final minute of the half, and the teams went to the locker room knotted at 26-26.
 
Lancaster Bible finally began to put some separation between themselves and Penn College midway through the third quarter, as the Chargers held the Wildcats to just two buckets over a seven-minute span, and led 45-32 after layup from Lucente with 19 seconds to play.
 
Lizzy Tilton extended the Chargers lead to 47-32 four seconds into the fourth quarter, but Penn College slowly began to chip away, and moved to within 51-49 with 1:04 remaining after a free throw from Tori Wolfe. Penn College turned the ball over on its next possession, and a layup from Courtney Goyak with 28 seconds to play, made it a two-possession game, and the Chargers wrapped up on two free throws from Caitlin Hickey down the stretch.
 
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible shot 35.9 percent (23-of-64) from the floor, but just 2-of-13 from 3-point range…Penn College show 28.4 percent (19-of-67) from the floor, and 6-of-20 from beyond the arc…Hickey led the Chargers with 16 points and nine rebounds, while Goyak finished with 10 points and 19 rebounds…Lucente added 11 points, while Tilton had eight points, 12 rebounds and eight assists…Graves chipped in with four points and five boards…Maci Ilgen had a team-high 11 points for the Wildcats.
 
The Coach Says: "I thought we moved the ball around really well tonight," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Katelyn Vanderhoff said. "The third quarter was big for us, and our defense did a great job holding them to just six points. I thought we handled the last two minutes of the game better than we have most of the season, and took good care of the basketball."
 
Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 9-1 all-time against Penn College…The Chargers defeated the Wildcats, 79-53 earlier this season in Williamsport…Lancaster Bible outscored Penn College, 19-6 in the third quarter…Goyak's 19 rebounds give her 1,397 for her career, and with three more she will become just the 11th player in NCAA Division III history with 1,400 or more rebounds…The Chargers had a season-high 54 rebounds in Wednesday night's win.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible will look to make it three straight on Saturday, as the Chargers host Morrisville State at 1 p.m.