Women's Basketball: Bison earn home opening victory over Lions

BETHANY, W.Va. – The Bethany College women's basketball team opened the 2023-24 season with a 68-60 win over Penn State-Beaver inside Hummel Field House Wednesday evening.

GAME FLOW

• After suffering a season ending injury last season, junior Lindsey Garrison scored the first bucket of the season.
• It was a slow start of the game with a total of 16 points being scored in the first five minutes of the game, when Garrison hit a three to give the Green and White an 11-5 lead. The Lions battled back and forth to keep the game close, the Bison led 21-17 after the first stanza.
• The second quarter saw just 18 points with the Bison edging the Lions, 11-7.
• Despite the Lions outscoring the Bison, 21-17 in the third quarter, the Green and White led 49-45.
• In the fourth quarter, the Lions continued to claw to keep themselves in the game. Alyssa Serenksy hit a three to extend the Bison lead, 52-45. The Lions responded with a three of their own. With 5:19 to go, the Bison extended their lead to double-digits when Josie Stone made one-of-two free throws. Bethany led, 58-48.
• In the final half of the quarter, the Lions continued to cut into the lead. With under two minutes to go, the Lions hit a three cutting the deficit, 63-59.
• A Garrison three with 42 seconds left would seal a Bison victory.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Bella Skobel scored a career-high 28 points, with three rebounds and shooting 10-for-19 from the field. She added two steals.
• Alyssa Serensky had 16 points and five steals and five rebounds.
• Lindsey Garrison added 13 points.
• Makenzee Mason and Kate Botti led with three assists each.
• Freshman Josie Stone scored six points and pulled down and team-high nine rebounds.

BY THE NUMBERS

• The Bison shot 39.0% from the field and 37.0% from downtown.
• The Lions outrebounded the Bison, 40-34 with 12 second chance points.
• PSU-Beaver scored 26 points off turnovers.
• Bethany had 29 turnovers while PSU-Beaver had 31.

RECORDS

Bethany College – 1-0 (0-0 PAC)

PSU-Beaver – 0-3

UP NEXT

Bethany returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 11 when they travel to Muskingum University for a 2 pm tip-off.