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The Saint Vincent women's basketball team found itself in a scoring match as the Waynesburg University Yellow Jackets came to the Carey Center. The Bearcats grabbed an early led and never looked back as they won, 96-86. Saint Vincent is now 10-5, 6-0 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference while Waynesburg drops to 2-13 and 1-5 in the conference.

Both teams opened the contest exchanging the first four baskets but it was Saint Vincent that grabbed the first large advantage. SVC made the next four field goals to take a nine-point lead at the 7:06 mark in the first. The Yellow Jackets cut the lead to four but 11-straight points for the Bearcats including five from Taylor Boring gave the hosts a 24-9 edge with 3:11 on the clock. Waynesburg outscored Saint Vincent, 11-5, in the final 2:37 of the opening period but Saint Vincent still held the lead, 28-20.

In the second, the Bearcats held their lead throughout and even increased it back to 15 (40-25) as Kayla Slovenec made a three-pointer. Waynesburg pulled within 11 multiple times but baskets from Jenna Lafko and Bri Van Volkenburg kept SVC ahead by 13 with 3:47 to go until halftime. The Yellow Jackets were able to cut the deficit to single digits but Stephanie Vaughn and Erin Giancola increased the advantage back to 11 as Saint Vincent led 54-43 as both teams headed into the locker room.

The Bearcats came out in the second half and immediately scored seven of the first 10 points. Carlee Kilgus drained two free throws to give SVC its largest lead of the night, 67-49 (18) with 6:04 on the clock. Saint Vincent held its lead for majority of the period but Waynesburg scored six of the final seven points to cut the lead down to 10 (77-67) as the game headed into the final period of regulation.

The Yellow Jackets carried their streak into the fourth as they scored the first four points to only trail by six. Madison Kollar made a layup with 8:23 to go followed by a three from Boring half a minute later to put the Bearcats back up by nine. Waynesburg kept trying to close the gap but Saint Vincent answered every basket as both teams scored 19 points in the fourth. The Bearcats won by the 10-point margin, 96-86.

Lafko and Slovenec each scored a team-high 18 points with both grabbing five rebounds. Van Volkenburg scored 15 points off the bench with Boring adding in 10 as well. Kollar and Kilgus both finished in double digits with 11 and 10, respectively. SVC outrebounded Waynesburg 45-34 as the Bearcats scored 50 points off the bench.

Saint Vincent faces the Golden Tornadoes of Geneva College on the road on Saturday, Jan. 18 for its next contest. Start time is 1 p.m.