WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Sarah Berardelli (Ambridge, Pa./North Catholic) and Meghan Dryburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) accounted for 30 points and 25 rebounds as W&J used its strong inside game to roll past visiting Franciscan University of Steubenville by a 77-47 score Saturday afternoon at Salvitti Family Gymnasium. 

The win improves W&J to 19-2 overall and 15-1 in conference play. The loss drops Franciscan to 3-17 overall and 2-14 in the PAC. 

W&J raced out to a 27-9 lead after the first quarter before building a 42-20 lead at halftime. The Presidents outscored the Barons by a 28-20 margin in the third quarter before each team scored eight points over the final 10 minutes. 

The Presidents scored the first seven points and built the lead to 11-2 on a fastbreak layup by Adalynn Cherry (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) at the 6:56 mark. The lead reached 13 after back-to-back baskets by Berardelli to make it 15-2. Later in the quarter, three-point field goals by Skylar Bibbee (Fairfax, Va./Chantilly) and Bryn Bezjak (Uniontown, Pa./Albert Gallatin) stretched the lead to 25-7 at the 2:08 mark. 

Consecutive field goals by Cherry extended W&J's lead to 35-15 midway through the second quarter. Berardelli tacked on consecutive field goals in the waning seconds of the first half to five W&J a 42-20 lead at the break. The Presidents moved their lead to 29 points on a jumper in the paint by Dryburgh with 4:14 to play in the third.

Three-pointers by Stellanie Loutsion (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) stretched the W&J lead to 69-35 with 2:19 to play in the third.

A three-point field goal by Alyssa Pollice (Pittsburgh, Pa./Bishop Canevin) gave W&J its largest lead of the night at 35 early in the fourth quarter. The Pollice triple made it 75-40 with 7:45 to play. W&J was able to finish off the comfortable 30-point win down the stretch. 

Dryburgh finished with 12 points, 14 rebounds, four steals, four assists and two steals in the victory. The double-double was the 12th of the season for Dryburgh.

Berardelli turned in her best effort of the season, as the junior converted 9-of-13 field goal attempts for a game-high 18 points. She added 11 rebounds to aid W&J's lopsided 52-29 advantage in rebounding. Bezjak finished off a strong week with 14 points more on 5-of-8 shooting (3-of-5 from three-point range). Cherry tallied nine points while Loutsion added eight markers. Pollice chipped in six points on a pair of three pointers off the bench.

W&J made 9-of-20 attempts from three-point range and shot 45.6 percent overall from the field. Franciscan made just 28.1 percent of its attempts from the field. 

W&J returns to action Monday, Feb. 6 when they host Thiel College at 6 p.m.