SELINSGROVE, Pa. – Senior Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) finished with 17 points and nine rebounds to eclipse 900 career points and lead the Lycoming College women's basketball team, but Susquehanna University shot 48 percent from the field and hit eight 3-pointers to post a 78-65 non-conference win at O.W. Houts Gymnasium on Sunday, Dec. 1.
 
Kline, who is the ninth player in program history with 900 career points and 500 career rebounds, now has 916 career points and 509 career rebounds. Senior Akilah McFadden (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) moved into 11^th in school history with 977 career points, as she scored 15 and needs 23 more to join the 1,000-point club. McFadden also had five steals and two blocks, becoming the fourth player in school history to reach 200 career steals. Senior Morgan Mader (Cresco, Pa./Pocono Mountain East) added 10 points and five rebounds.
 
Lycoming (4-2 overall) shot 25 percent from the field in the second half while Susquehanna (4-1 overall) shot 50 percent in the third quarter to pull away.
 
Mader opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, but Susquehanna scored the next nine points and grew the lead to as many as 10 with 14 seconds left in the first period before McFadden hit a jumper to make it 22-14 at the end of the period.
 
The Warriors surged late in the second quarter, as they used a 14-6 run in the period's final four minutes to tie the game at 41 in the final minute of the half off another 3-pointer from Mader. Lycoming took the lead with the first bucket of the third quarter and led by as many as five at 50-45 after a bucket from Kline with 7:01 left, but the River Hawks responded with 15-5 run to close out the period.
 
In the fourth quarter, Susquehanna scored the first seven points to lead by 12 and Lycoming couldn't get closer than seven in the period.  
 
Junior Erica Lutz (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg) had six points and five rebounds and both freshman Kenzie Reed (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) and sophomore Alex Jones (Glenshaw, Pa./Saint Joseph) each had five points. Reed also blocked three shots.
 
Five River Hawks finished in double figures with Amanda Lemire and Erin McQuillen leading the way with 14 points each. McQuillen added seven assists, six rebounds and four steals. Nevin Hoenninger added 13 points, six assists, four steals and two blocks, Amalia Esposito had 11 points and seven rebounds and Rachel Sweger had 11 points and nine rebounds.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Wednesday, Dec. 4, when they head to Alvernia University for the MAC Commonwealth opener at 8 p.m.