DALLAS, Pa. – First-year Ashley Yoh (Myerstown, Pa./Eastern Lebanon County) scored a career-high 12 points to lead the Lycoming College women's basketball team on Wednesday evening, Jan. 19, as Misericordia University posted a 72-51 MAC Freedom win at the Anderson Sports Center.
 
Yoh added five rebounds to go with her 12 points in her first action in four games. Sophomore Allison Butler (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove Area) tied for a team-high with 12 points as well, her ninth double-digit game, also adding a team-high nine rebounds and four steals.
 
First-year Meghan Dufner (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills Regional) scored nine to go with six rebounds and junior Emily Zoscin (Weatherly, Pa./Weatherly Area) and first-year Mya Wetzel (Frackville, Pa./North Schuylkill) each scored four points, as Wetzel added two assists and three rebounds.
 
The Warriors' best scoring run of the night came in the second quarter and started with a layup from junior Kenzie Reed (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) with 4:53 left and was followed less than 30 seconds later by a 3-point shot from sophomore Cathryn Brought (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area). A jump shot by Butler cut the deficit, which was nine points, to two. The Warriors mounted 19 points in the quarter, led by six each from Yoh and Butler, and closing within a point at the break, 30-29.
 
Junior Diana Rantz (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) hit a layup to give the Warriors a 10-9 lead late in the first quarter, but an eight-point run helped Misericordia take a seven-point lead, which got to as many as nine in the second quarter before the Warriors' run.
 
The offense was held to four points in the third quarter with Dufner landing a layup from the paint at 5:16 and Zoscin hitting two free throws with a minute left, while Misericordia scored 21.
 
The Warriors posted 18 points in the final 10 minutes of the game, as the Warriors scored 14 points on free throws while Yoh finished with two layup attempts from the paint for an additional four points.
 
Alyssa Bondi led the Cougars with 25 points, three assists, and two rebounds. She was joined by Melina Santacroce, who totaled 12 points, three assists, and six rebounds. Gianna Delfina led the team with 11 rebounds.
 
The Warriors return to home court on Saturday, Jan. 22, when they host Stevens Institute of Technology at 1 p.m. at Lamade Gym in MAC Freedom action.