Reading, Pa. (Jan. 21, 2015) - Albright College sophomore Shannon Thomas scored on a jumper just before the final buzzer to give the Lions (13-4, 7-1) a 70-68 win over Alvernia University (6-10, 2-6) Wednesday evening in Commonwealth Conference women's basketball action at Jack McCloskey Court.

The Crusaders tied up the game at 68-all on a driving layup from Kaitlyn Yoh with six seconds remaining.  The Crusaders faced a 12-point deficit, 60-48 with 7:42 left to play, and finally erased it on Yoh's layup, only to see the Lions push the ball the other way and knock down the game-winner.

Alvernia had a five point lead early in the first half and saw Albright take a 34-29 lead into the halftime break.

The Lions pushed the second half lead to as many as 13 points, 49-36, and had the 12-point lead with under eight minutes to play after jumper by Emily O'Donnell.

Albright got a a game-high 28 points and 11 rebounds from Kelecia Harris.  Yoh led the Crusaders with 18 points.

Albright shot 50 percent from the 3-point arc (5-10), including a 3-3 effort from Jessica Venturelli.

Tyra Roberts scored 14 points for the Crusaders, Stevie Fortna added 12, and Mya Lobb scored 11.

Alvernia continues the conference schedule on Saturday at Lycoming.

Albright 70, Alvernia 68