Mont Alto Drops Second Straight, Loses to Penn State York 62-59

Game Information

Score: Penn State York 62, Penn State Mont Alto 59

Team Records: Penn State York (7-0, 2-0 PSUAC), Penn State Mont Alto (2-3, 0-2 PSUAC)

How It Happened

-Penn State York stormed out to a 14-0 run to start the first quarter, Mont Alto recorded their first points with 2:28 left in the first quarter on a Mariah Martin bucket

-Mont Alto stormed right back to cut the lead to 14-11 behind a bucket from Naliyah Hadley and back-to-back buckets from Colette Salyers

-The Penn State York lead hung around two possessions until Chantelle Gross pushed the lead to six on a three-pointer with 1:37 remaining in the first half

-Penn State York held a 28-24 lead at the break

-A Penn State York 5-0 run followed by a Mont Alto 5-0 run saw Mont Alto trailing at the end of the third quarter, 45-41

-Chelsea Cover drained a three-pointer with 7:16 left and pushed Mont Alto to within a point, trailing 49-48

-Alexia Hackett nailed a jumper to tie the score at 50-50 with 6:23 remaining

-Mont Alto saw its largest lead of the contest come in the fourth quarter when Chelsea Cover converted on one of two free throws following a steal to give Mont Alto a 55-53 advantage

-Penn State York finished strong to hold on and pick up the PSUAC win by a final of 62-59

Game Notes

-Penn State Mont Alto only mustered four first quarter points, but went on to win the remaining three quarters by a score of 55-48.

-Penn State York won the advantage on the glass, grabbing 13 more rebounds than Penn State Mont Alto (36-23)

-There were three lead changes and two ties in the game

-Mont Alto only committed 12 turnovers, its lowest mark of the season

-Mont Alto was 22-59 from the floor for 39.3%, its second best percentage through five games this season

Up Next

Mont Alto hosts another PSUAC contest on Tuesday, November 30 versus Penn State Schuylkill, tipoff is at 6 p.m.