Box Score

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Susquehanna women's basketball team can't seem to get enough basketball lately. Playing its second game in three days, SU used a well-balanced team effort to grab a 66-65 overtime win against Lycoming for the Crusaders' second-straight OT victory.

Trailing 65-64 with time expirting in overtime, Gina Palazzi (Newfoundland, Pa./Wallenpaupack) came through with a last-second layup to defeat Lycoming on its home court.

Susquehanna (4-3) saw four of its players reach double figures with senior Nikki Schneck's (Cresco, Pa./Pocono Mountain East) 14 leading the way. Classmate Rachael Hughes (Gordon, Pa./North Schuylkill) added 12 and both players finished with six rebounds. Palazzi and Erika Barron (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua Area) added 10 points apiece and Barron had a double-double of a rare kind, with 10 assists in 38 minutes of action.

SU fell behind early, trailing by eight (10-2) after less than five minutes of action. The Crusaders went nearly six minutes without a point, until Rachel Schaible's (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissahickon) jumper at 13:19 made it 10-4.

Susquehanna fell behind by double digits, 19-8, at the 8:33 mark but rallied to tie the game at 21 on a Schneck three-pointer with 4:17 remaining in the half.

From there the lead switched hands before Samantha Cartwright (Cranford, N.J./Cranford) knotted it at 29-all on a jumper to end the half.

The second half followed the trend of the late first-half action as both teams battled to grab and maintain a lead. At one point SU held a seven-point lead (43-36) on a Barron free throw with 12 minutes to play.

However, Lycoming used a late rally to tie the game at 50 with less than four minutes remaining in regulation. It remained tied at 59-59 with six seconds to play and Barron's last-second three-point attempt was off the mark, sending the game to overtime.

The teams continued to swap baskets until Palazzi came through with the game-winning layup.

Next game: Wednesday, Dec. 8 vs. Wilkes – 7 p.m.