WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -Â After outscoring the defending SUNYAC champions for the final 30 minutes of the opening game of the York Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, the Lycoming College women's basketball team will face perennial Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference favorite La Roche in the consolation game at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17.
The Warriors (1-1 overall) fell to Geneseo, 55-49, in the opening game of the tournament, as junior
Kayla Kline led the team with 15 points and sophomore
Erica Lutz added 14. The Warriors outscored the Knights, who are the top team in receiving votes portion of the D3hoops.com poll, 45-38, in the last three quarters.
The Cardinals (0-2 overall) fell to York, 74-58, in the other first round game.
Warrior Notes
• The Warriors are 17-3 all-time against the current members of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, last beating Mount Aloysius, 70-53, on Nov. 15, 2014.
• Junior
Akilah McFadden needs four more points to reach 600 in her career.
• McFadden also needs four more steals to become the 18th player in school history with 125 swipes in a career.
• Junior
Morgan Mader has hit at least two 3-pointers in seven of her last nine games.
• Sophomore
Erica Lutz needs one more blocked shot to become the 17th player in school history to reach 40 in a career.
• Three Warriors are in the top 10 in the MAC Commonwealth in scoring - Mader (15.0, sixth), junior
Kayla Kline (14.5, eighth), Lutz (14.0, ninth).
• The Warriors are 2-3 all-time at York Tournaments, last competing in one in a 2000 classic-format event.