CRESSON, Pa. – First-year Kami Abdo (Pottsville, Pa./Nativity BVM) posted 17 points and seven rebounds and junior Emily Lockard (Benton, Pa./Benton Area) added 10 points and six rebounds to lead the Lycoming College women's basketball team, which held Mount Aloysius to just 26 percent shooting from the floor to post a 70-47 non-conference win in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night, Nov. 9, at the Athletic Convocation & Wellness Center.
 
First-year Victoria Burton (Marietta, Pa./Donegal) added eight points in her Lycoming (1-0 overall) debut, as the pair of Warrior first-years accounted for 10 of the team's 25 field goals. Sophomore Meghan Dufner (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills Regional) posted seven points and four rebounds, senior Kenzie Reed (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) added seven points, four rebounds and two assists and sophomore Ashley Yoh (Myerstown, Pa./Eastern Lebanon County) had seven points and five rebounds. Sophomore Jillian Pumputis (Westminster, Md./Westminster) added a career-high six points and five rebounds and sophomore Mya Wetzel (Frackville, Pa./North Schuylkill) posted a career-best seven assists.
 
The Warriors finished the game shooting 40 percent (25-of-63) from the floor, as 10 of the 12 players that played found the scoreboard.
 
The Mounties (0-1 overall) were limited to just six field goals in the first three quarters, shooting just 6-of-37 (16 percent) in the first 30 minutes, as Lycoming built a 24-point lead that grew to as many as 30 in the final quarter.
 
After Mount Aloysius opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, the Warriors finished the first quarter on a 13-4 run and added the first four points of the second quarter to get the lead in double figures at 17-7. Both teams scored 11 points in the rest of the quarter, allowing the Warriors a 28-18 lead at the break.
 
Lycoming took off in the third quarter, scoring 25 points while holding the Mounties to one field goal, as Abdo connected on three 3-pointers and Lockard hit all three of her field goal attempts in the quarter to pace the Warriors, who shot 9-of-16 from the field in the period. The Warriors used the momentum to lead by as many as 30 at 59-29 after a layup by Reed with 7:27 left before the Mounties closed the game on an 18-11 run.
 
Cameron Bates led the Mounties, posting 15 points, eight rebounds and four steals and eight points a piece from Chloe Clemons and Karissa Mercier.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Saturday, Nov. 12, when they head to Franklin & Marshall's Terry Greene Tip-Off Classic, facing Elizabethtown at 1 p.m.