READING, Pa. – Shannon Thomas and Kelecia Harris combined to score 41 points and No. 14 Albright shot 65.5 percent from the floor in the second half as the Lions defeated Widener 86-70 on Wednesday in a MAC Commonwealth game in the Bollman Center.
 
Thomas led the Lions with a season-high 21 points, while Harris finished with 20 points as Albright rebounded from its only loss of the season on Monday to No. 2 Amherst to improve to 12-1 overall and 4-0 in conference play.
 
After making just 14-of-35 field goal attempts in the first half, Albright made 19-of-29 from the floor in the second half as it notched a season-high 86 points which topped the previous high of 84 scored against Lancaster Bible in the season opener.
 
Harris also grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds to post her fourth double-double of the season. The senior made 9-of-12 shots from the floor and also added four blocked shots.
 
Devan Horka helped spark the Lions second-half output as she scored 11 of her season-high 13 points after the intermission. She was 4-of-4 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line in the second half.
 
Albright held a slim four-point lead midway through the third quarter before pulling away from the Pride.
 
Brianna Wylie, who led Widener with 26 points, scored inside to cut Albright's lead to 44-40 with 6:31 to play in the third quarter.
 
Thomas answered with a three-pointer and a layup to push the Lions lead to 49-40 with 5:33 to play in the third.
 
Ally Ferrucci responded with a jumper for Widener, but Thomas scored her eighth consecutive point with another three-pointer to give Albright a 52-42 lead with 4:21 to play in the third quarter.
 
A layup by Harris extended the Lions margin to 58-46, but Nikki Sutliff scored with four seconds to play in the quarter to trim the Albright lead to 58-48 after three quarters.
 
Albright used a 9-1 run midway through the fourth quarter to put the game away.
 
Four different Albright players scored during the run and Xio Toledo capped the outburst with a three-pointer that gave the Lions a 78-58 lead with 4:08 to play in the game.
 
Albright took its largest lead of the game at 84-61 when Toledo drilled her second three-pointer of the game with 2:12 to play in the game.
 
Widener, which dropped to 9-4 overall and 2-2 in conference play, shot 51.7 percent from the floor in the first half and trailed by only 38-35 at halftime.
 
Albright will return to action on Saturday (Jan. 9) when it travels to Grantham, Pa., to face Messiah at 3 p.m. in a MAC Commonwealth game.