Box Score

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Despite shooting a season-high 54 percent from the field, the Lycoming College women’s basketball team was unable to overcome a King’s College team that hit 11 3-pointers and scored 27 points off turnover to take a 77-67 decision on Thursday night at the Scandlon Gymnasium in non-conference action.

Freshman Julia Antonelli (Hanover, Pa./New Oxford) posted 15 points to go with four rebounds and three assists and sophomore Leeann Randall (Audobon, Pa./Methacton) added a career-high 16 points, four rebounds and two assists to lead the Warriors (4-5 overall), who hit 25-of-46 shots from the field.

The Monarchs (6-3 overall) took a 17-point lead early in the second half at 50-33, but a pair of buckets from Antonelli helped the Warriors start a 14-2 run that was capped by a trey from junior Chelsea Shearer (Dallaswown, Pa./Dallastown) to cut the lead to five points with 9:49 left. Seven straight points from Molly Dahl, though, helped the Monarchs’ regain a double-figure lead.

The Warriors, thanks to a layup from senior Kaitlyn Ober (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) and five points from Randall, the Warriors cut the lead back to six points with 6:27 left. Randall also cut the deficit to five points with 4:39 left, but a 3-pointer from Celia Rader helped the Monarchs’ maintain a three-possession lead for the rest of the game.

Eight 3-pointers and forcing 16 first-half turnovers helped King’s get out to an early lead. The Monarchs took a 15-7 lead early in the half, but the Warriors fought back, as senior Rebecca Spencer (Granville Summit, Pa./Troy) hit a layup and Shearer converted a 3-pointer to cut the lead to three points with 15:09 in the half. A jumper from Antonelli cut the lead to one point midway through the half and a traditional 3-point play from junior Erin Connaghan (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) tied the game at 19 before another jumper from Antonelli gave the Warriors a two-point lead with 7:23 left.

However, in the next five minutes, the Monarchs went on an 18-2 run to take a 37-23 lead after a pair of free throws from Meagan Boccio with 2:46 left. A pair of free throws from Antonelli, who finished the half with 10 points, made it a 12-point game, 44-32, at halftime.

Ober notched 11 points and four rebounds and Shearer notched six points, a career-high five assists and three rebounds. Connaghan added five points and two rebounds.

Rader posted 16 points and four steals and Paige Carlin added 16 points, three rebounds and three steals. Lindsey Atchison added 13 points and seven rebounds and Brittany Muscatell posted nine points, six assists and five rebounds. Molly Dahl also added nine points.

The Warriors will take 20 days off for the holiday break before getting back onto the Lamade Gym floor with the start of the fifth annual Hoops for Hounds Classic. The Warriors will host Ramapo in the event’s first game on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 6 p.m.