WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College women's basketball team logged their seventh conference victory and ninth overall against the Saint Vincent Bearcats, 65-41.
 
Adalynn Cherry (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) logged a milestone in the outing, moving to fifth all-time in career three pointers at W&J with 131. Cherry surpasses Taylor Cortazzo who previously held fifth with 129 total career threes.
 
Stellanie Loutsion (Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan) led the Presidents in scoring with 19 points, adding five rebounds and three steals. Katie Kovalchick (Shelocta, Pa./Indiana Area) finished with 15 points and six rebounds. Meghan Dryburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) logged her second-consecutive double-double and fifth total of the season with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
 
Following a sluggish start to the first quarter of the play, the Presidents' jumped out to an early 7-0 lead. Kovalchick capped the unanswered run with an and-one finish at the rim. Triples from Cherry and Dryburgh helped push the lead to 15-2. Dryburgh closed out the opening quarter with emphasis, stuffing a last-second shot attempt from Saint Vincent after a made layup on the opposite end, up 21-8.
 
W&J opened the second quarter with another lengthy 12-2 scoring barrage. Kovalchick logged four paint points during the run along with first tallies of the bout from Halena Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa./Oakland Catholic) and Jacey Mullen (New Springfield, Ohio/Springfield Local), pushing the W&J lead to 33-10. The Presidents carried a 33-14 lead into the half. Dryburgh nearly dropped a double-double in the first half along with nine points and eight rebounds at the close of the first half.
 
Maintaining their comfortable double figure lead after the half, Cherry elevated her imprint on the women's basketball program by draining her 130^th  career three-point attempt. The make moved Cherry to fifth all-time at W&J in threes and put the Presidents up by 21.
 
Loutsion logged a scoring outburst, tallying seven of the Presidents' 14 fourth quarter points. An old fashioned three-point play capped off the junior's scoring slew while elevating the W&J lead to 62-34. Kovalchick drained a jumper from beyond the arc to wrap the scoring and add to a 65-41 victory over the Bearcats.
 
W&J handled the rebounding battle with a 50-32 differential over Saint Vincent. The Presidents also held favorable advantages in paint points (40-20), second-chance points (15-7) and points off of turnovers (19-11). The Bearcats held a strong advantage in bench points, 25-9.
 
The Presidents return to action on the road next Wednesday (Dec. 18) to face the Marietta Pioneers. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.