SELINSGROVE, PA – The York College women's basketball team picked up a hard-earned 73-57 road win at Susquehanna University on Tuesday night in Selinsgrove.
The Spartans had a great defensive third quarter to pull away from the River Hawks and earn the 16-point win. The Green and White tied a school record with 12 blocked shots in the win, a feat they have accomplished two other times in school history.
York improves to 3-2 overall while the River Hawks fall to 2-3. The win concludes a 2-1 road trip for the Spartans.
 
How It Happened
• The Spartans scored first in the game only to have the River Hawks score the next seven points to take a 7-3 lead. Breana Grim drilled a three to bring York to within one but Susquehanna went on a 9-3 run to take a 16-9 advantage with 2:19 left in the quarter. York answered with an emphatic 9-0 spurt to take an 18-16 lead after 10 minutes of play.
• The Spartans scored the first four points of the second quarter to push their lead to six. Susquehanna answered with an 11-5 run to tie the game at 27 with 3:01 left in the half. York ended the half strong with a 8-3 run over the final 2:32 of the second quarter as they took a 35-30 lead to the break.
• York came out of the break and smacked the River Hawks with a 10-2 run to take a 13-point lead with just 3:03 remaining in the quarter. The run was a balanced effort as five players scored led by a Taylor Burda triple. In the third quarter, the Spartans outscored Susquehanna 19-11, turning their five-point halftime lead into a 13-point advantage. York held Susquehanna to 3-of-11 shooting from the floor. The River Hawks converted 5-of-6 from the free throw line in the quarter to keep themselves in the game.
• The Spartans got a Grim floater to start the fourth quarter but Susquehanna turned up the pressure and hit the Spartans with an 8-0 run, cutting the Spartan lead to seven with 7:25 left. The young Spartan squad steadied the ship and fashioned a 7-2 run of their own to stem the tide and push the lead back to 12 midway through the quarter. The Spartans finished off the game with a quick 6-0 spurt late in the quarter, pushing their lead to a game-high 18 points at 73-55.
 
By the Numbers
The Spartans finished the game shooting 48.1% from the floor, 38.9% (7-for-18) from three and 70% (14-for-20) from the stripe … Susquehanna converted just 29.3% from the floor including 4-for-13 (30.8%) from three while they went 19-for-25 (76%) from the line … the Spartans dominated the game on the glass holding a 41-31 margin in rebounding … that rebounding margin led to a 13-7 edge in second chance points … York had a 32-22 bulge in paint points, a trend that shown itself in the three Spartan wins this year … both teams got 18 points off turnovers as Susquehanna committed 21 turnovers while York had 15 … the Spartans outscored the River Hawks in all four quarters … the Spartans blocked a season-high and school-record tying 12 shots in the win.
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans improve to 4-12 all-time against Susquehanna … the teams resumed the series last year after a 17-year hiatus … the Spartans 48.1% accuracy mark was their best of the season and their best mark since shooting 51.1% in a win over Eastern last December 3 … the Spartans are now 3-0 when out-rebounding their opponent … all three of York's wins have come by double digits while their two losses have come by a combined nine points … York limited Susquehanna to just 29.3% field goal percentage, the second time this year they have limited an opponent to under 30% shooting … Makenna Zimmerman paced the Swat Squad as she blocked another five shots to go along with 13 points and six rebounds … Zimmerman now has 19 blocks for the year, good for an average of 3.8 per game, the best mark in the league and the seventh best total in all of Division III … Breana Grim led the offense with 19 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three rebounds … Grim's 19 points, six rebounds and three blocks all set new career highs for the sophomore guard … Taylor Burda had another strong performance as she added 16 points, seven rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot … junior Georgia Panapoulos was the fourth Spartan in double figures with 14 points, four steals, three rebounds and an assist in 22 minutes of work …Panapoulos's points and steals set a new career high for the guard … Alyssa Hocker added seven rebounds, two assists, a steal, a block and four points in the the win.
 
Up Next
The Spartans are now off until December 2 when they finally return to Wolf Gymnasium as they host Neumann University in a non-conference contest. Tip time in York is set for 3:00 pm.

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