AURORA, N.Y. - Penn State Harrisburg's women's basketball team shook off a slow start and responded with a strong second-half effort in a 73-50 road victory over United East foe Wells on Friday night, Jan. 28.  

HOW IT HAPPENED 

After falling behind early and clinging to a slim halftime lead, Penn State Harrisburg (11-5, 6-2 United East) came to life in the second half, resulting in a blowout victory over Wells (1-15, 1-8 United East) on Friday night.  

Macy Carroll knocked down four 3-pointers to tally a team-high 12 points, while Jayla Galbreath and Kendis Butler added 11 points apiece. Anna Mahan finished one point shy of a double-double with nine and a dozen rebounds, Toni Amato chipped in with nine points off the bench, and Jenna Montana and Giahny Correa finished with seven points each.  

Holding a 28-26 lead at the break, the Lions got the jolt they needed when Galbreath and Butler buried back-to-back 3-balls early in the third quarter. Correa came away with a steal on one end and finished in transition on the other to stretch the advantage to 10 midway through the frame and a Montana triple pushed the lead to 14 at the 2:06 mark. 

The momentum carried over into the fourth quarter when Galbreath scored four straight to open the stanza and Carroll connected on back-to-back trifectas to make it 63-39 with 6:10 left to play. Carroll buried another 3-ball with three minutes remaining and added one more for good measure to cap the Penn State Harrisburg scoring with 2:06 to go.  

The visitors fell behind 11-3 in the early going and trailed by double digits midway through the second quarter before responding with a game-changing 15-3 run to close out the first half.  

NOTABLES 

- The Lions shot 32.9 percent from the field and 25 percent from 3-point range.  

- Penn State Harrisburg's bench outscored the Express reserves 32-5.   

- The Blue & White forced 34 Wells turnovers, scoring 24 points off the home team's miscues.  

- The home team won the rebounding battle 50-41.   

- Macy Carroll went 4-for-6 from beyond the arc to score a team-high 12 points in 19 minutes off the bench. 

- Jayla Galbreath netted 11 points on 50 percent shooting from the floor. She added three assists.  

- Kendis Butler finished with 11 points to go along with a game-high four steals.  

- Anna Mahan pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. She also scored nine points and blocked three shots.  

- Toni Amato buried three 3-pointers to add nine points off the bench.  

- Giahny Correa had seven points, a team-high four assists, and three steals in a reserve role.  

- Jenna Montana scored seven points, grabbed three boards, and dished out two assists. 

- Paige Kubulak swiped a game-high four steals to go along with three points and two rebounds. 

- Sydney Hemler and Kayla Cade each pulled down five boards off the bench. 

- Caroline Barr scored a game-high 15 points for Wells in a losing effort. 

WHO'S NEXT? 

The Lions get right back to work when they wrap up their New York road trip at conference foe SUNY Morrisville on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 29. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m.

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