WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – With her fifth double-digit scoring effort of the season, sophomore Meghan Dufner (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills Regional) led the Lycoming College women's basketball team with 15 points in a MAC Freedom setback to King's College, 49-46, on Wednesday, January 11, at Lamade Gym.
 
Dufner finished the night with 15 points, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals. Sophomore Mya Wetzel (Frackville, Pa./North Schuylkill) posted nine points, five rebounds, an assist and two steals and senior Kenzie Reed (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) also finished with nine points and two rebounds. Sophomore Ashley Yoh (Myerstown, Pa./Eastern Lebanon County) led the team with 10 rebounds.
 
The Warriors (5-10 overall, 1-5 MAC Freedom), who held the lead through the first half, scored 22 points from the paint, another 21 points off turnovers, and notched 17 second chance points.
 
The Warriors opened the game posting 13 unanswered points. Junior Emily Lockard (Benton, Pa./Benton) started the run with a layup before Wetzel hit a three-pointer. Dufner also added a layup before Lockard scored again on a jumper. Yoh hit a layup and Reed finished the run with the first two of four free throws of the quarter.
 
Wetzel opened the second quarter with another 3-point shot, but the Warriors, but the Monarchs (3-12 overall, 2-5 MAC Freedom) rallied with 12 points to finish down only by four at halftime, 25-21.
 
Dufner and Reed combined for seven points for the Warriors in the third quarter with Dufner hitting for two layups and Reed adding a free throw attempt and her own putback on a missed free throw. In the final 10 minutes, Dufner and first-year Kami Abdo (Pottsville, Pa./Nativity BVM) locked in for a three-pointer a piece, but King's extended the lead that it took in the third to as many as eight with 4:33 left. The Warriors rallied, with Wetzel that nailing a 3-pointer with 13.5 seconds remaining in regulation to bring the game within one at 47-46. The Monarchs held on as Cailin Wilson finalized the score with two good free throws before Lycoming's tying attempt didn't fall.
 
Lauren Casey led the Monarchs with nine points, eight rebounds, an assist, and a steal.
 
The Warriors return to the court on Sunday, Jan. 15, when they play host to Stevens Institute Technology at 2 p.m. at Lamade Gym in a MAC Freedom doubleheader followed by the men's game at 4 p.m.