MADISON, N.J. – The Lycoming College women's basketball team posted their largest point spread of the season with 13 of the team's 14 players putting points on the board, overwhelming FDU-Florham, 78-32, at the Ferguson Rec Center on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 7.
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The 46-point margin of victory was the team's largest since a 62-point win over Penn St.-Hazleton, 118-56, in the 2018-19 season opener and the 32 points allowed the fewest since a 58-32 win over Alvernia on Jan. 30, 2019.
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First-year
Kami Abdo (Pottsville, Pa./Nativity BVM) nailed five three-pointers for all 15 of her points to lead the team's scorers. Sophomore
Meghan Dufner (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills Regional) added 11 points, five assists and six rebounds. Sophomore
Mya Wetzel (Frackville, Pa./North Schuylkill) hit three 3-pointers for nine points, adding four steals, two assists and three rebounds and first-year
Victoria Burton (Marietta, Pa./Donegal) also finished with nine points. Senior
Kenzie Reed (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) topped the team with eight rebounds and sophomore
Isabella Fave (Mifflinburg, Pa./Midd-West), the lone Warrior not to score, posted five rebounds and an assist.
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The Warriors (5-9 overall, 1-4 MAC Freedom) scored 36 points from the paint, adding 25 second-chance points, and they shot 55 percent from three-point range (11-of-20) while holding the Devils (0-9 overall, 0-6 MAC Freedom) to just 16 percent (10-of-63) from the floor.
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Wetzel's game-opening 3-pointer was the first of 11 for the Warriors. Abdo hit three trifectas in the first quarter as part of a 14-point scoring rush for the Warriors. Junior
Emily Lockard (Benton, Pa./Benton) joined that run with three layups for six points. The defense held the Devils to 10 points in the first quarter as the Warriors totaled 32.
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By halftime, the Warriors reached the 50-point mark, as the second quarter was led by Dufner who scored eight points. Dufner scored on three possessions in a row, a jumper and two layups at the halfway point with the Warriors on another tear of 13 points. The run started with a layup from Dufner that was followed by another 3-point shot from Wetzel and ended with a layup from sophomore
Jillian Pumputis (Westminster, Md./Westminster). The Warriors entered the second half ahead, 50-14.
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The Warriors enjoyed another 14-point run in the third quarter with 3-pointers from Abdo, Wetzel, and first-year
Katie Bena (Clarksville, Pa./River Hill) while Burton scored on three possessions for five points in the middle of it.
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The Warriors reached their largest lead of the game at 56 points with 3:36 left, leading 78-22, before the Devils scored the last 10 points of the game.
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The Devils were led by Abigail Rodriguez with 23 points, two assists, a rebound and a steal.
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The Warriors return home on Wednesday, Jan. 11, when they host King's College (Pa.) in a MAC Freedom doubleheader, with the women serving as the finale at 6 p.m. at Lamade Gym, after the men play at 4 p.m.
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