READING, Pa. – The Albright Women's Basketball team (9-7, 3-3 MAC Commonwealth) played their second straight at home against Widener (11-6, 3-3 MAC Commonwealth) Following 40 minutes of play the Lions would play the role of comeback kids yet again to win 64-62. In the win senior guard
Mackenzie Dover became the 19th Albright women's basketball player in Albright history to reach and eclipse the 1,000 point mark.
Chrisdin Jones recorded 13 points off the bench while recording four rebounds and three assists in 28 minutes. Jones is starting to find her game as a first-year recording back to back double digit outputs. Jones 13 points today sets a new career high for the Lion forward.
Kenedy Cooper led the team in both assists (5) and steals (4) and was one of four Lions to end the night in double figures (10) in an all-around hustle effort on both ends of the floor.
The Lions entered halftime trailing by a score of 27-21 where neither team was able to get their offense going for long periods of time.
Orianna Edmond helped get things going with 10 points of her own and hauled in a game high 11 rebounds and blocked five shots.
After trailing by as many as 15 points in the second half, the Lions found themselves down by a score of 49-41 entering the final 10 minuets of action.
19 points from
Mackenzie Dover would wind up being the difference with the senior recording her thousandth point via a free-throw in the final seconds to put the Lions up two. The free throws were as clutch as they come sending Albright to their second straight conference win.
A strong defensive effort from Edmond on the final shot was enough for the Lions to snag their second comeback win in as many games.
Up Next:
The Lions will travel to play Eastern on Wednesday (1/29) at 7:00 pm.