Women's Basketball

Delaware Valley College 65, Lycoming College 63


WILLIAMSPORT (PA) - Moira Donohue's jumper with just 2.1 seconds remaining lifted Delaware Valley College to a 65-63 victory at Lycoming College in a Freedom Conference game.

The Aggies improved to 7-8 overall and 3-3 in conference play. They will now host The University of Scranton, which may enter the game as the number one team in Division III when the new poll is released, on Wednesday, January 24 (6:00 p.m.). The Lady Warriors fell to 5-12 overall and 0-6 in the Freedom.

Lycoming took advantage of Delaware Valley turnovers and scored six straight points to tie the game at 63-63 with 47 seconds remaining. The Aggies turned the ball over again, but Lycoming Rebecca Leid missed a layup with 12 seconds to go. Shannon O'Neill grabbed the defensive rebound and headed upcourt for a Delaware Valley fast break opportunity.

O'Neill reached the top of the key and found a wide-open Donohue in the right corner just inside the three-point line. The junior drained the jumper for her 12th and 13th points of the game and a 65-63 advantage. Following a timeout, Lycoming tried a long pass downcourt, but Rachel Joyce stole it and dribbled out the final ticks for the win.

Delaware Valley held a 36-34 lead at halftime, and opened the second stanza with a 12-4 run and a 10-point advantage. The Aggies led by 10 on five other occasions in the half, before Lycoming slowly chipped away at its deficit and tied the game in the final minute. That led to Donohue's heroics and the win.

Joyce tied a career-high with 25 points and, in the process, moved into seventh place on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,119 points. The senior also grabbed nine rebounds and dished out four assists. Donohue added seven rebounds to go along with her 13 points while O'Neill notched 11 points and six assists.

The Lady Warriors were led by Andrea Cooper's 19 points while Leid notched 14.