The Lancaster Bible College Women's Basketball team hosted their first home game of the season on Monday night as they took on Bloomfield College, earning a 61-49 victory for their first win of the season. The Chargers improve to 1-1 overall while the Bears begin their season at 0-1 overall.
How it Happened:
The Bears took the early 5-0 lead in the first quarter, then
Miriam Spender (So.) made a layup in transition to get LBC on the board. Both teams then went scoreless over the next two minutes before
Aniyah Johnson (Fr.) had a fast-break layup, then
Patricia Monroe (Jr.) made a layup to put LBC on top 6-5. Later on,
Madison Smith (Fr.) knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Chargers a four-point lead, taking that same lead into the second quarter as they led 14-10 after ten minutes.
Bloomfield tied the game up at 14-14 in the first minute of quarter two, but a jumper by Smith and four points from Monroe got the lead up to five for the Chargers. After almost two minutes with no score,
Keziah George (Fr.) drove for a layup to get the lead back to five, then with about 30 seconds left in the half,
Shania Stoltzfus (Jr.) hit a 3-pointer to help the Chargers take a 27-23 lead into halftime.
An early 3-pointer by
Emily Wilson (So.) extended the LBC lead to seven, then after the Bears cut it back down to three, Wilson had a layup just under five minutes to go in the quarter, then later finished a three-point play on a transition layup to give the Chargers their first double-digit lead of the season at 39-29. The Chargers kept the lead at ten points until three made free throws by the Bears with four seconds left, sending the game to the fourth quarter in a seven-point affair at 43-36.
Wilson and Smith each made shots at the beginning of the quarter to get the lead to nine, then Stoltzfus drilled another three for a 14-point LBC lead at 52-38 with six minutes to play. Monroe then made a pair of free throws for the largest lead of the game at 15, then with less than a minute to go, Johnson hit a three as the Chargers held on to win by a dozen and claim their first victory of the season at home.
By the Numbers:
Team Stats
- FG %: Bloomfield College 27.9% (17-61),
Lancaster Bible 38.3% (23-60)
- 3PT %: Bloomfield College 14.3% (2-14),
Lancaster Bible 31.3% (5-16)
- FT %:
Bloomfield College 65.0% (13-20), Lancaster Bible 52.6% (10-19)
- Points in Paint:
Bloomfield College 30, Lancaster Bible 28
- Points off TOs: Bloomfield College 6,
Lancaster Bible 14
- Bench Points: Bloomfield College 20,
Lancaster Bible 21
Key Performances
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Patricia Monroe: 13 Points, 5 Rebounds, 2 Steals
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Emily Wilson: 10 Points, 7 Rebounds, 3 Assists
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Aniyah Johnson: 6 Points, 5 Assists (game-high), 5 Rebounds
- Nia Mallette (BC): 15 Points (game-high), 11 Rebounds, 3 Assists
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Double-Double (1)
- Kayla Lewis (BC): 11 Points, 4 Assists (game-high)
Information to Know:
This was the first matchup all-time between the Bears and Chargers in Women's Basketball. The Chargers are now 1-1 for the first time since 2024-25 and have won their last three home games dating back to last season.
Up Next:
The Chargers will travel to Baltimore, Md. on Friday, November 13 to take part in the Renie Amoss Tip-Off Tournament hosted by Goucher, facing #8-ranked Johns Hopkins at 5:00 p.m.
