WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Leading by as many as 20 points midway through the third quarter, the Lycoming College women's basketball team stayed off a late rally by Arcadia University, as senior Erica Lutz (Bernville, Pa./Hamburg) scored five of her team-high 23 points in the last 95 seconds to preserve 64-56 win at Lamade Gym on Friday night, March 5.
 
Lutz finished with 23 points and a game-high 13 rebounds for her 23^rd career double-double, as she hit 9-of-her-14 shots from the floor and also added three assists for the Warriors (2-1 overall). Sophomore Emily Zoscin (Weatherly, Pa./Weatherly Area) also finished in double figures for the first time of her career, finishing with 13 points, hitting 5-of-6 from the field.
 
"It felt really good," Zoscin said. "Everything we faced this season, I knew that the underclassmen had to step up and we were able to do that tonight. I consider myself a defensive threat. It felt really good to execute on offense as well."
 
A night after the Warriors scored five points in the second quarter, they held Arcadia (5-3 overall) to seven in the period, building a 14-point halftime lead that grew to 20 midway through the third quarter at 44-24 after a jumper in the paint from freshman Emily Lockard (Benton, Pa./Benton Area).
 
"What a difference 24-hours makes," Lycoming head coach Christen Ditzler said. "Our defensive effort was outstanding. We weathered the strom in the third quarter and put points on the board in the first half. The things we talked about, getting the ball in the paint, getting points on the board early, being tough on defense, we did all of it. I was quite pleased."
 
Arcadia got back into the game with a 16-2 run that finished the third quarter, making it 46-40 heading into the final 10 minutes. A jumper from Julia Makowski even helped Arcadia make it a five-point game with 2:21 left, but Lockard bucket started the Warriors on an 8-4 run that helped the team close out the win.
 
The Warriors and Knights fought through a back-and-forth first quarter four ties and four lead changes before four straight points from Lutz gave Lycoming a 15-13 lead into the second quarter, where the team started the period with straight points led by six from Zoscin, which put the Warriors ahead 25-13 with 4:19 left in the period. A pair of layups from Lutz got the lead to 14 points before Arcadia cut it down to nine with 1:39 left. Lutz added her last two buckets of the half to give her 14 points in the last 40 seconds, reinstalling the 14-point lead at 34-20.
 
Lycoming shot 48 percent (27-of-56) from the floor and held a 39-28 advantage on the glass, which led to a 42-18 advantage in points in the paint, as they held Arcadia to just 35 percent (19-of-54).
 
Sophomore Kenzie Reed (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) finished with seven points and three assists and freshman Bryanna Hicks (Mountville, Pa./Lancaster Catholic) added six points, four rebounds and four steals. Lockard finished with five points, six rebounds and two blocks.
 
Makowski led the Knights with 27 points, five rebounds and three assists and Holly Daveski added 11 points.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Thursday, March 11, when they start a home-and-home with MAC Freedom foe DeSales in Center Valley, Pa., at 7 p.m.