The Lancaster Bible College women's basketball team ended its season with a victory on Saturday, as the Chargers defeated Penn St. Abington, 67-61 at Horst Athletic Center. The Chargers end the season with a 9-16 overall record, and 7-9 mark in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while the Nittany Lions dropped to 11-13 overall and 8-8 in NEAC action.

How it Happened: Both offenses came to play early in the game, as the teams matched bucket-for-bucket, and senior Courtney Goyak in particular was ready to play, as she eight of the team's first 10 points, and her layup with 6:04 remaining made it 10-10. Though the offenses sputtered a bit late in the first quarter, junior Caitlin Hickey made a pair of free throws late in the quarter, and the Chargers eventually led, 19-16 after 10 minutes of play.
 
A 3-pointer from Hope Hodges, and a layup from Christine Graves early in the second quarter gave Lancaster Bible a 24-16 with 8:41 remaining in the half. Again, the offenses struggled, as neither team scored for over four minutes midway through the second frame. Lancaster Bible didn't score over the final 6:19 of the first half, and the Chargers led just, 26-24 at halftime.
 
Another 3-pointer from Hodges got the Chargers going early in the third quarter, and Leah Steiner's layup 1:47 into the half, gave Lancaster Bible a 33-28 advantage. Penn St. Abington responded, and used a 16-0 run to grab a 44-33 lead with 2:29 left in the quarter. Lancaster Bible stormed right back, as the Chargers rode Becca Lucente and her 3-point shooting. Lucente buried three 3-pointers in the final 2:19 of the quarter, and Lancaster Bible trailed, 46-44 after three quarters.
 
Lancaster Bible trailed early in the fourth quarter, but another 3-pointer from Lucente gave the Chargers a 51-50 lead with 7:23 to play. Hickey followed with another triple, and Goyak had a basket and two free throws two minutes later to take 58-50 lead. Penn St. Abington cut its deficit to four, 62-58 after a 3-pointer from Shayna Rodriguez, but the Chargers hung tough, and made just enough free throws down the stretch to end the season with a victory.
 
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible shot 36.7 percent (22-of-60) from the floor, including 8-of-19 from 3-point range…Penn St. Abington shot 35.3 percent (24-of-68) from the field, but just 4-of-18 from beyond the arc…Goyak led the Chargers with 22 points and 26 rebounds, and also added six assists…Lucente added 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from 3-point range…Hickey had nine points and four boards, while Tilton had nine points, six assists and three rebounds…Hope Hodges had six points and three boards…Rodriguez had 24 points to lead the Nittany Lions.
 
The Coach Says: "I'm really proud of our team for the effort they put forth over the past few weeks," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Katelyn Vanderhoff said. "The season didn't look like we wanted it to, but they just kept fighting, and kept working to get better."
 
On Saturday's Win: "To finish the way we did today was special," Vanderhoff said. "We fought back from being down in the third and found a way to win. Courtney finished her career on a high note, and was a beast inside. Becca's 3-pointers were huge, and each player on this team contributed in some way, and that was great to see. I'm going to miss coaching this group."
 
Information  Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible improves to 16-7 all-time against Penn St. Abington…The Nittany Lions defeated the Chargers, 73-67 earlier this season in Abington, Pa…Goyak finished her career with 1,167 points, the seventh -most in program history, and her 1,489 career rebounds are the most in program history, and the seventh-most in NCAA Division III Women's Basketball history…Hickey will enter her senior year with 1,421 points, which is already the fourth-most in program history…Lucente's 15 points are a career-high…Lancaster Bible caps the year with a 5-9 record at Horst Athletic Center.