OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Three Lycoming College women's basketball players finished in double figures and senior Akilah McFadden (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) broke a school record, but No. 4-seeded Stevenson University scored the last eight points of the game as it was able to outlast the underdog fifth-seeded Lycoming, 64-55, in the opening round of the MAC Commonwealth Championship at Owings Mills Gymnasium on Monday night, Feb. 24.
 
McFadden had three steals in the game to finish her career with a school-record 240, surpassing the mark of 239 set by Kim Wood (1987-90).
 
The Warriors end the season with a 15-11 record, as the team reached 15 wins for the fourth straight year and the senior class of McFadden, Morgan Mader (Cresco, Pa./Pocono Mountain East), Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg), Megan Helminiak (Williamsport, Pa./Neumann Regional) and Courtney Treude (Turnersville, N.J./Washington Township) finished their career with a school-record tying 65 wins in their careers.
 
McFadden hit a free throw with 1:57 left to make it 56-55, but Stevenson hit 8-of-10 at the line in the final two minutes while Lycoming turned the ball over three times and missed two shots in its final five possessions.
 
Junior Erica Lutz (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg) led the Warriors with 14 points, seven rebounds and two assists, McFadden added 13 points, eight rebounds and three steals and Mader posted 12 points, nine rebounds and three assists. Freshman Kenzie Reed (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) posted six points, eight rebounds and two blocks and junior Sydney Purcell (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) had four points and three assists.
 
The Warriors led 11-7 at the end of the first quarter, with Reed posting four points and seven rebounds in the period, and doubled that lead to eight at 23-15 with 2:15 left in the second quarter before the Mustangs (14-12 overall) cut the lead down 24-18 at the break.
 
In the third quarter, the Mustangs went on a 22-11 run to take a 47-41 lead with 13 seconds left, but a McFadden jumper at the buzzer got the Warriors back within three points at the end of the period. Stevenson stretched the lead to seven in the first three minutes of the fourth before Lycoming rallied with a 10-3 tally to tie the game off a 3-pointer from Mader with 3:49 left. A jumper from Olivia Coleman gave Stevenson the lead before McFadden's free throw pulled Lycoming back within a point.
 
Olivia Coleman led the Mustangs with 16 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three blocks, Hannah Crist posted 15 points, seven rebounds and two steals, Brandi Hall posted 12 points and three steals and Denia Campbell added 10 points and three assists.
 
McFadden finished her career the school-record holder with 240 steals and 104 games played and started. She is fourth in the school's career record book in assists (327), sixth in points (1,215), sixth in 3-pointers made (110), sixth in blocks (77) and 12^th in rebounds (516). She is the only player in school history in the top 10 in points, assists, steals and blocks.
 
Mader finished her career with 686 points, as she hit a school-record 77 3-pointers this season and finished her career second with 151 3-pointers made.
 
Kline, whose season ended prematurely due to an injury, finished her career 11^th with 1,026 points, eighth with 587 rebounds, eighth with a .770 free throw percentage and fifth with 245 free throws made.
 
Helminiak appeared in 45 career games, averaging 1.9 points per game and hitting 20 3-pointers. Treude posted 20 points in 31 career games.