Lycoming Women Suffer Overtime Loss Despite Five Players In Double Figures

Lycoming Women Suffer Overtime Loss Despite Five Players In Double Figures

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TOWSON, Md. – Senior Ashley Yoh posted three points in the last minute of the fourth quarter to give the Lycoming College women’s basketball team the lead, but a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer from Goucher College sent the game to overtime, where Goucher managed to pull out a 97-94 decision in Landmark Conference action on Saturday.

With less than a minute left on the clock in the fourth quarter, Yoh drove forward with a jump shot to reclaim a one-point lead for Lycoming (3-18 overall, 2-12 Landmark). Yoh and senior Meghan Dufner each followed up with free throws to widen Lycoming’s lead to 85-82 with 4.5 seconds left, which Goucher countered with a 3-pointer from 40 feet that tied the game and led to overtime play.

Goucher (12-8 overall, 5-8 Landmark) bounced out with a layup and free throw to claim a three-point lead in the first minute of overtime play. Yoh added two free throws in the second minute, but the Gophers quickly rebounded with two 3-pointers, bringing their lead to 94-87. Senior Mya Wetzel hit a layup and Dufner added two free throws with two minutes remaining, closing the gap to three points. After a timeout, Yoh came back to add a free throw with 49 seconds remaining, closing Goucher’s lead to two points, 94-92. Goucher quickly countered with three free throws. Freshman Jocelyn McCracken, a Jersey Shore graduate, notched a jump shot, bringing the final to 97-94.

To kick off the fourth quarter senior Alicia Goldenziel hit a jump shot in the first minute. Two minutes later, Wetzel and junior Kami Abdo posted back-to-back layups. The Gophers closed the gap to one-point, 77-76, following a series of free throws and a jump shot. With four minutes remaining in play, Goucher secured a one-point lead, 78-77, with a jump shot. After Goucher added another jumper, McCracken responded with a layup, returning the Gopher’s lead to one point, 82-81. With 54 seconds on the clock, Yoh drove forward with a jump shot, reclaiming Lycoming’s one-point lead, 83-82.

Leading up to the overtime play, the teams rolled through seven lead changes and two ties in the game

At the beginning of the third quarter, Goucher widened their second-quarter lead with a 3-pointer and layup, which Wetzel countered by hitting a 3-pointer. The Gophers immediately responded with a 3-pointer of their own. Junior Allison Fisher hit a 3-point jump shot in the third minute, bringing the score within three points at 51-48, before returning with a layup in the fourth minute. Wetzel followed up to tie the game and claim the lead seconds later. Wetzel secured two free throws and launched a 3-pointer through the hoop, bringing the game to 55-51. Goucher added a three pointer in the fifth minute, closing the gap to one, but Wetzel answered with another 3-pointer. McCracken and Yoh each hit a layup in the next two minutes of play, widening Lycoming’s lead to 62-56. McCracken and Fisher followed up with additional layups before Dufner returned with two free throws at the top of the eighth minute. As Goucher made offensive efforts with two layups and two free throws, Wetzel returned to the 3-pointer line to drain her fourth 3-pointer of the third quarter, securing Lycoming’s 71-65 advantage leading into the final period.

Wetzel led Lycoming by adding 25 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Wetzel also posted five 3-pointers, which gives her 164 in her collegiate career. Wetzel secured her first 3-pointer in the eighth minute of the second quarter and followed up with four more 3-pointers in the third period, draining one in the second, fourth, fifth and ninth minutes. Wetzel needs one 3-pointer to match the school record, which was set by Allison Mock ’09 with 165.

To begin the game, Dufner jumped out with a free throw to begin Lycoming’s scoring. Twenty seconds later, Fisher followed up with a jump shot before Dufner returned with a layup at the bottom of the first minute. Fisher widened Lycoming’s lead to 8-4 with a 3-point jump shot. In the fourth and fifth minutes, Yoh and McCracken each added a free throw. Dufner answered by draining a 3-pointer and Wetzel followed with a layup before Dufner returned with two free throws, bringing the score to 17-6. Yoh added two more free throws at the bottom of the fifth minute. Wetzel contributed two of her own free throws in the seventh and Goldenziel made two more seconds later. With two minutes left in the first period, Abdo drove forward for a layup, bringing the game to 25-15. After Goucher went on a six-point run, Fisher ended the quarter with a free throw, helping Lycoming maintain a five-point advantage.