Widener Wide 12-5,6-3 MAC Commonwealth

Lebanon Valley LVC 8-12,3-8 MAC Commonwealth

Widener Wide

12-5,6-3 MAC Commonwealth

Final

Jan. 30, 2022

Lebanon Valley LVC

8-12,3-8 MAC Commonwealth

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Widener Wide	20	16	14	16	66
Lebanon Valley LVC	16	8	20	16	60

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Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/31/2022 7:51:00 AM

Phelan Surpasses 1,000 career points as Women’s Basketball Wins 4th In a Row

Senior forward becomes 13th Pride player to hit milestone

ANNVILLE, Pa. – Senior Erin Phelan scored 20 points, including the 1,000th of her career, while leading the Widener women's basketball team to its fourth straight victory by earning a 66-60 win over Lebanon Valley on Sunday afternoon in its MAC Commonwealth contest at Lebanon Valley.

Needing seven points to reach the milestone, Phelan made a left-handed layup off a pass from fellow classmate Nicole Barnes with 2:50 left in the first quarter for her seventh and eighth points of the game. By doing so, the Downingtown, Pa. Native became the 13th 1,000-point scorer in Widener women's basketball history.

Along with Phelan making her mark on the program, the Pride won their fourth game in a row to push their overall record to 12-6 overall and 8-3 in MAC Commonwealth play. The Pride also avenged a 67-61 loss to Lebanon Valley that they suffered back on Dec. 1 at Schwartz Athletic Center.

HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST LEBANON VALLEY

For the third straight game, the Pride led for the majority of the game, this time going wire-to-wire. The Pride jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first 3:52 of the game, with Barnes and Charlotte Stern scoring four points apiece and Phelan making two. The Pride would end up taking a 20-16 lead after the period.
In the second, the Pride held LVC to only eight points in the quarter while they added 16 to take a 36-24 halftime lead.
In the second half, the Pride fended off a late LVC rally that got their lead down to 58-55 in the fourth quarter by receiving four points from Phelan, two from Barnes and two from Jordan D'Ambrosio to end the game.
Barnes had herself a day for the Pride in the victory, scoring 19 points and pulling down 14 rebounds for the second double-double of her career.
Barnes had herself a day for the Pride in the victory, scoring 19 points and pulling down 14 rebounds to earn the second double-double of her career.
By scoring 67 points, the Pride still have the No. 1 ranked offense in the MAC Commonwealth, as they average 66.7 points per game.

UP NEXT
The Pride returns to Chester to host Albright on Wednesday night in another MAC Commonwealth game. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.

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