Dutchmen Fly Past Women's Basketball, 76-59
Maddie Lavery (43) was one of four players with five rebounds

Dutchmen Fly Past Women's Basketball, 76-59

Women's Basketball - 2/11/2015 8:38:00 PM

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Scranton, PA - A fervent Marywood University comeback became unhinged in the final five minutes before Lebanon Valley College skated to a 76-59 victory Wednesday in nonconference women's basketball. The Flying Dutchmen finished on a 19-7 run down the stretch to upend the Pacers. Marywood falls to 13-8, and Lebanon Valley improves to 15-7.

Maggie Presnal was the lone player in double figures for the Pacers with 12 points. Danielle Terranella and Catie Nealon each had nine points apiece. 

Four players had a team-high five rebounds, despite the Pacers outrebounding Lebanon Valleye 37-33 for the game. Alexa Gerchman made five assists. 

Four Flying Dutchmen reached double figures. Lexie Lantz was proficient down low with 17 points. Peyton Carper produced 14 points. Bridget Rother tallied 12 points and six assists. Kaitlyn Van Tash chipped in with 11. 

Lebanon Valley went 14 of 15 from the free throw line for 93.3 percent. The Flying Dutchmen shot 50 percent from the floor, in contrast to the Pacers' 35.6 percent shooting. LVC passed proficiently, sporting a 23-13 assist advantage over the home team. 

Trailing by as many as 15 points, Marywood outscored the Dutchmen 17-7 over six minutes to cut the deficit to five (55-50) with 6:14 remaining on a Presnal layup from Maddie Lavery. A 3-pointer by Rothert galvanized the LVC offense, and Lavery responded with a long-range field goal. From there, Lebanon Valley bursted for a 14-2 run to extend the lead to as many as 18 points. 

The Pacers ended the first half in similar distress. Tied at 21 following a Nora Joyce jumper, Lebanon Valley closed the final 4:45 on a nine-point run. 

Marywood has a busy week to finish its Colonial States Athletic Conference slate with four away games in seven days beginning with Saturday's tossup at Neumann University at 1:00 pm. 
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