#3 PITT-BRADFORD, #5 PENN ST. BEHREND WOMEN EARN FIRST ROUND VICTORIES

In first round women's basketball action, #3 Pitt-Bradford defeated #6 Mount Aloysius College 78-42 while #5 Penn St. Behrend earned the upset victory over #4 Penn St. Altoona, 67-60. Pitt-Bradford and Penn St. Behrend both advance to the AMCC semifinals at La Roche College on Saturday afternoon.

#3 Pitt-Bradford 78, #6 Mount Aloysius College 42
Pitt-Bradford led right from the jump – literally – as Isenberg won the tip, Latifah Cain collected it and threw it over to Shaelyn Snipes, who knocked down a three-pointer from the left wing just five seconds into the contest. From there, Pitt-Bradford held the Mounties to just a pair of makes in the opening quarter and made eight of their own highlighted by a trio of three-pointers from Snipes to open up a 20-7 advantage heading into the second. It was much of the same in the second, as the Panthers outscored the Mounties 20-10 in the quarter and took a hefty 40-17 lead into the half. 

Struggles continued for the Mounties in the third, as they once again made just a pair of field goals and allowed 18 Panther points. Etreece Adams went 4-4 for nine points in the third quarter and led Pitt-Bradford to a commanding 58-23 advantage heading into the final quarter. 19 points from the Mounties and 20 from the Panthers secured the 78-42 victory for Pitt-Bradford.

With the win, #3 Pitt-Bradford advances to the conference semifinals where it will face #2 Hilbert College at La Roche.

#5 Penn St. Behrend 67, #4 Penn St. Altoona 60
The Lions came back from a 13 point deficit in the first half to take down Altoona to advance to the AMCC semifinal round. Behrend was outscored 17-8 in the first quarter, having a total of 10 turnovers in the first half. The Lions began to come back in the second quarter, led by Alanna Dibble who had six points including two back-to-back shots to cut the lead. Behrend had a huge fourth quarter with a team effort scoring 25 points to take the lead and bury Altoona

The Lions offense was led by freshman Kara Haslett who had 18 points. Dibble registered her seventh double-double of the season scoring 16 points and pulling in 11 rebounds. Caitlin Carnuche finished with 12 points and Ashley Seamon with 11 for a balanced team effort.

Penn State Altoona was led by Paige Burk with 16 points.

The Behrend Lions will return on Saturday for the semifinal round of the AMCC Tournament to take on #1 La Roche. Game time is 12 p.m.