CHESTER, Pa. – The Albright Lions women's basketball team dropped a 90-69 contest to Widener on the road in MAC Commonwealth play on Saturday afternoon.
 
With the loss, the Lions fall to 2-2 overall and in MAC Commonwealth play. Meanwhile, the Pride improve to 4-0 overall and in conference play as they took both games of the home-and-home series with the Lions.
 
Junior Abby Gaffney posted 16 points for the second-straight night as she went 8-of-13 from the field. Gaffney also tallied a team-high four assists along with four rebounds. Classmate Amina Rauf matched Gaffney with 16 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field, while adding three steals and one rebound. Junior Maggie O'Hare recorded 14 points along with four rebounds, and Gabby Boggs nearly missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds.
 
Both teams started strong from the field as the teams traded the lead five times in the opening 2:43 of the first quarter. Albright led 6-5 at the 8:01-mark of the first quarter before the Pride went on a 13-2 run to go up 18-8 at the 4:58-mark. Widener went 5-of-6 from the field during that stretch as they forced a Lions timeout.  Down 21-12 with 2:53 remaining in the first quarter, the Lions clawed back in the game as they ended the quarter on a 9-2 run to make it 23-21. Albright continued its run into the second quarter by taking a 25-23 lead at the 8:46-mark. Following some more back and forth action that left Widener up 36-34, the Pride seized control of play by closing the first half on an 11-2 run to take a 47-36 advantage at halftime.
 
Widener continued to stay red hot into the third quarter as they extended their lead out to 14 points at 55-41 with 6:45 remaining. A jumper from Rauf brought the Lions within 12 points, but that would be as close as they would get for the remainder of the third quarter. Widener went on a 17-4 run that spanned nearly five minutes to take a 72-47 lead, their largest of the contest. Albright began to rally as they opened the fourth quarter on a 13-6 run to cut the Pride advantage down to 80-65. However, the Lions made just two field goals the rest of the way as Widener pulled back away to earn the 21-point win.
 
The Lions shot 42.9 percent (27-of-63) from the field and 37.5 percent (6-of-16) from three-point range. Albright went a solid 9-of-10 (90%) from the free throw line and forced 16 Pride turnovers with 10 coming in the second half. Meanwhile, the Pride shot 51.5 percent (35-of-68) from the field and 10-of-20 (50%) from three-point range. Widener went 10-of-11 (90.9%) from the free throw line and dominated the glass for the second-straight night as they held a 44-26 rebound advantage.
 
Gianna Samuels led the Pride with a game-high 18 points behind going 4-of-8 from three-point range. Jordan D'Ambrosio posted 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field, while Kyra Schenk registered her second double-double in two nights with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
 
Albright will return to action on Thursday, February 25^th as they will host Delaware Valley in MAC crossover action at 7 p.m.