GLENSIDE, Pa. – Senior
Erica Lutz (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg) had 13 points and nine rebounds and sophomore
Emily Zoscin (Weatherly, Pa./Weatherly) added eight points and four rebounds, but the Lycoming College basketball team fell to Arcadia University, 56-47, in MAC Freedom action at Alumni Gymnasium on Thursday night, March 4.
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Junior
Allison Wagner (York, Pa./Central York) posted seven points, three assists and five rebounds and freshmen
Emily Lockard (Benton, Pa./Benton Area) and
Allison Butler (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area) each had five points.
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Lycoming (1-1 overall) started the game on a 7-0 run, with an old-fashioned 3-point play by Lutz just two minutes into the game giving the Warriors' their largest lead of the game, which they matched after another old-fashioned 3-point play, this time from Butler to make it 13-6 with 4:00 left in the first quarter. By the end of the first, a pair of free throws from Lockard gave Lycoming a 16-11 lead.
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The Warriors shot 37.0 percent from the floor (17-of-46) to the Knights (5-2 overall) 37.1 percent (23-of-62), but the Knights were able to hold a 23-13 advantage in points off turnover and used a 16-5 advantage in the second quarter to take the 27-21 lead into the half. Arcadia extended the lead to 15 late in the third quarter before a 3-pointer from Zoscin and a fastbreak layup from freshman
Bryanna Hicks (Mountville, Pa./Lancaster Catholic) made it 44-34 heading into the final 10 minutes.
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The Warriors kept the run going, scoring the first six points of the fourth quarter, cutting the lead down to four before the Knights scored eight points in a row to make it 52-40 with 2:22 left. Lycoming couldn't get closer than eight the rest of the way.
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Julia Makowski led the Knights with 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists and Scarlett Glasser-Nehls added 13 points and three steals. Maria Tully also added 12 points and four rebounds.
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The Warriors get back on the court on Friday, March 5, when Arcadia comes to Lamade Gym to wrap up the home-and-home series at 7 p.m.
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