The Lancaster Bible College Women's Basketball team played their first home game in 20 days on Friday night, losing to Gwynedd Mercy by a score of 77-56. The Chargers drop to 1-8 overall and 0-2 in the United East, while the Griffins improve to 7-4 overall.
 
How it Happened: Both teams struggled for the first few minutes as the score was just 2-0 Griffins, but senior Jenna Dombach scored five straight points off assists from Alaysha Iwais to put the Chargers up 5-2. Iwais hit a three of her own to give LBC their largest lead of the night at six points, but it was Gwynedd Mercy that went on a giant 16-point scoring run to go up by 10. Isabella Eufemia ended the half with a three-pointer from Rachel Nolt, but the Chargers trailed by seven after one.
 
It was all Griffins early in the second quarter as they outscored the Chargers 14-2 through the first six minutes. GMU led by as much as 20 in the quarter, but Iwais exploded for eight points in the final two minutes, with two made threes to trim the deficit to 10 at halftime.
 
Nolt and Raven Hunter opened the scoring for Lancaster Bible in the second half to keep it close, then Natalie Wenger made a layup to cut the lead to nine. The Chargers closed the third quarter with an 11-4 run, including made shots from Iwais and Shelby Gard, to make it a four-point game with 10 minutes left to play. The first five minutes remained close in quarter number four, but a consistent flow of makes from Gwynedd Mercy and a tired offense from the Chargers led to a larger margin of victory for the away team as LBC fell, 77-56.
 
By the Numbers:
- The Griffins won the offensive rebounding battle 15-10, leading to 16 second-chance points to the Chargers' six
- The Chargers shot 25-69 (36.2%) from the field, while the Griffins shot 28-74 (37.8%) for the game
- Alaysha Iwais led the way for the Chargers with 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists
- Raven Hunter added 10 points, eight rebounds and four assists
- Iwais, Shelby Gard, and Natalie Wenger each recorded a game-high three steals
- The Griffins were led by Alexis Eagan who had 20 points and 11 rebounds off the bench
 
Information to Know: The Chargers are now 1-8 all-time against Gwynedd Mercy and have dropped eight straight contests. Senior Jenna Dombach made her 100^th career 3-point field goal in the first quarter, becoming the only active player with 100 threes. Senior Alaysha Iwais became the 5^th player in program history to reach 300 career assists, moving into 5^th on the all-time assists list with seven dimes in tonight's game. Shelby Gard reached 100 points in a Charger uniform with five in tonight's game.
 
Up Next: The Chargers have a quick turnaround as they host Hood on Saturday, December 9 at 1:00 p.m.