YORK, PA – The York College women's basketball squad extended their win streak to seven as they posted a 61-50 MAC Commonwealth win over Lebanon Valley College on Saturday afternoon in York. The Spartans improve to 2-0 in the MAC Commonwealth after another solid defensive effort in the win. The win concludes a very busy week that saw the Spartans go 3-0 over a six-day period.
 
Score: York 61, Lebanon Valley 50
Records: York 7-1 (2-0 MACC), Lebanon Valley 5-4 (1-1 MACC)
 
How It Happened
• The first quarter saw the two teams go back and forth with neither squad establishing any momentum. York scored the first five points of the game to jump out to the early lead. The Dutchmen came back to tie the game at seven just over four minutes later. LVC eventually pushed out to a 10-9 lead only to have York score the final five points of the quarter capped by a Savannah Wilson three pointer at the buzzer for the 14-10 lead.
• The opening four minutes of the second quarter was a carry over of the first stanza. The Dutchmen went up 20-17 on a Chardae Stone triple with 5:43 left before the half. The Spartans then fashioned a 13-4 run over the final 4:43 to take a 30-24 lead to the intermission. The run ended with a pair of Kayla Ferris lay ups as York headed to the break with momentum.
• The Spartans opened the third quarter with 15-5 run to push out to a game-high 16-point lead (45-29) with 3:50 left in the period. The Dutchmen kept themselves in the game with an 8-1 run to close their deficit to nine (46-37) heading into the final 10 minutes of play.
• The Dutchmen got a Christina Fernandez three to open the fourth quarter, cutting York's lead to six. The lead would bounce between six and eight points over the next five minutes until Bradi Zumbrum pushed the advantage back to ten at 54-44 with 4:21 left. After an Allison Bimmer triple, York got back-to-back buckets from Ferris to increase the lead back to 11.
• LVC trimmed their deficit to nine before Wilson closed out the win with a bucket to close out the scoring and complete the 11-point win.
 
Spartan Leaders
Bradi Zumbrum: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
Kayla Ferris: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals
Savannah Wilson: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals
Cassidy Arnold: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals
 
By the Numbers
The Spartans won despite shooting just 33.9% from the floor … York forced 21 LVC turnovers which they turned into 23 points … the Spartans held a 28-16 advantage in paint points … the Spartans out-rebounded LVC 41-34 … the win was the Spartans' third by double figures … York shot 73.9% from the line, marking the fourth time this year they have been better than 70% at the stripe … York tied a season-low with just 13 turnovers in the game … York did not record a blocked shot for the first time this year … York had 11 steals, the fourth time this year they have recorded double figures in steals.
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans improve to 7-5 all-time against the Flying Dutchmen as York snapped a three-game losing streak against LVC … junior Bradi Zumbrum set a new career-high with her 16 points in the win … senior Kayla Ferris notched her third straight double-double with her 12 points and 12 rebounds … the 12 rebounds were a senior high for the Spartan point guard … Ferris now has four double-doubles for the year and 12 for her Spartan career … junior Cassidy Arnold tied her career-high with nine rebounds while she went 8-for-10 from the free throw line … junior Savannah Wilson reached double figures for the seventh straight game.
 
Up Next
The Spartans head back out on the road on Wednesday as they travel to Grantham, PA to face the nationally ranked Messiah University Falcons. Tip time at Hitchcock Arena is set for 6:00 pm.

Audio Highlights courtesy of Darrell Henry - The Voice of the Spartans