BOX SCORE

York, Pa. (Jan. 14, 2008) – York College (Pa.) scored 11 of the final 12 points in the first half to take a 12-point lead at the break and then hit Alvernia with a 13-2 run midway through the second half en route to a 76-57 win in non-conference women's basketball action Monday evening at Charles Wolf Gymnasium.

York placed three players in double figures led by junior Keli Ward (Nottingham, Pa./Oxford) who totaled a game-high 21 points in 32 minutes. Alvernia was led by freshman Kelli McIntyre (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain) who scored 15. Senior Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) chipped in with 12 for the guests.

McIntyre scored on a free throw with 2:58 left in the opening half to cut the York lead down to one, 29-28, and the Crusaders missed a layup that would have given them the lead before the Spartans (11-3) asserted control. Ward scored on a layup and Kristen Daly (Harrisburg, Pa./Trinity), who finished with 13 points, hit a 3 for a six-point lead. Alvernia hit a free throw to trim the lead, but York finished the half with six straight points for a 40-29 lead at the break.

Alvernia slowly chipped away at the lead in the second half pulling within eight, 50-42, on a Rosolie layup at 13:16, but a Ward bucket and then back-to-back 3s sparked the 13-2 run that put the hosts up 63-44 with 8:36 to play.

Alvernia will return home to face Centenary College Thursday in the first conference meeting between the two schools. Both games of Thursday's women's and men's doubleheader will be webcast live through the Alvernia College website, http://athletics.alvernia.edu.

York (Pa.) 76, Alvernia 57