The Lancaster Bible College women's basketball team picked up its first win of 2020 on Monday evening, defeating Penn St. York, 73-32 at Horst Athletic Center. The victory propels the Chargers to 2-7 overall this season, while the visiting Nittany Lions dropped to 2-8.
 
How it Happened: Lancaster Bible jumped out to an early 6-2 lead thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers from senior Caitlin Hickey, and the Chargers eventually led 12-4 after another bucket from Hickey with 2:59 to play in the opening quarter. A late jumper from Paige Towne gave the Chargers a 15-4 lead with 41 seconds to play, though two free throws with under 30 seconds to play from Penn St. York's Sky Warner cut the Lancaster Bible lead to 15-6 after 10 minutes of play.
 
Penn St. York scored the first basket of the second quarter to make it a 15-8 lead in favor of the Chargers, but Lancaster Bible would score 18 of the quarter's final 21 points, and end the first half with a 33-11 advantage. Mikayla Via capped the 18-5 second quarter with a 3-pointer for the Chargers, as Lancaster Bible took its largest halftime lead of the season.
 
Lancaster Bible turned it up another notch in the third quarter, outscoring the Nittany Lions, 30-9. Lizzy Tilton's 3-pointer with 7:34 remaining put the Chargers ahead, 43-13, and another triple from Via with 2:55 left gave Lancaster bible a 53-20 advantage. Lancaster Bible ended the quarter on a 15-0 run, which Adalyn Steiner capped with a layup with one second to play, and the Chargers led, 63-20 after 30 minutes of play.
 
Tenia Brown and Hannah Lieb connected for baskets late in the fourth quarter, and the Chargers cruised to their first home victory of the season.
 
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible shot 41.7 percent (30-of-72) from the floor on Monday, including 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from 3-point range…Penn St. York shot just 21.6 percent (11-of-51) from the floor and was 0-of-12 from beyond the arc…Hickey led the Chargers with 17 points in 18 minutes, and also pulled down five rebounds…Alaysha Iwais added 13 points, three boards, and three steals…Tilton added nine points and eight rebounds, while Via also had nine points…Adalyn Steiner also had six points and six rebounds…Natalie Berry led the Nittany Lions with 10 points.
 
The Coach Says: "Today's word of the game was 'together,' and we wanted to get each other involved and create success," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Katelyn Vanderhoff said. "I thought we moved the ball well, and a lot of players played really well on both ends of the floor."
 
News & Notes: The all-time series between Lancaster Bible and Penn St. York is now tied at 6-6…This was the first meeting between the two teams since February 3, 2011 when the Chargers defeated the Nittany Lions, 67-53 in York, Pa…On that night, Lancaster Bible senior Lacy McClaine led three players in double figures with 21 points…Monday's game was just the second home game of the season for Lancaster Bible, and the Chargers are now 1-1 at Horst Athletic Center for the 2019-20 season…Lancaster Bible's 41.7 shooting percentage is the team's best of the season…The 21 assists are also a season high, along with the +25 rebounding margin (50-25).
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible continues its five-game homestand on Wednesday night, as the Chargers host Susquehanna at 7 p.m.