The Saint Vincent women's basketball team welcomed Chatham University to the Carey Center for a Presidents' Athletic Conference contest. The Bearcats took an early lead and won, 62-52. With the win, Saint Vincent in 12-5 on the season along with a PAC record of 8-0. Chatham drops to 11-5 overall while going to 4-4 in the conference.

The game began with both teams s=going scoreless for the first 1:08 until the Cougars led 1-0. SVC scored the next six with four off the hand of Madison Kollar but Chatham cut the lead to two with a three. The Bearcats then went on a 9-0 run capped off by a three from Jenna Lafko as the team led 15-4 with 4:20 to go in the first period. Saint Vincent's lead fluctuated between nine and 11 points until the Cougars made a three with 28 seconds to go to trail 19-11 going to the second period.

SVC began the second on an 8-2 run to lead 27-13 at the 6:55 mark. Chatham responded with a 10-2 run of its own to cut the difference to six (29-23) with 3:53 to go in the half. Kayla Slovenec made a jumper in the paint but the Cougars scored the next four to only trail by that amount. Kollar made two free throws at the 1:39 mark but Chatham made a layup with seven seconds left in the half to only trail 33-29 going to the locker rooms.

In the third, Saint Vincent opened the scoring as Slovenec made two layups but the Cougars did not fade away as they hit a three-point shot at the 4:44 mark to trail 39-38. This was the closest the visitors got back to the lead as SVC rattled off eight-straight with the last six being scored by Erin Giancola. The Bearcats led 47-38 as the game headed to the final period of regulation. 

Taylor Boring scored five of the first seven points for Saint Vincent to open the fourth as SVC went up 54-40. After a make from Chatham, Giancola increased the lead back to 14 and helped the Bearcats maintain a double-digit edge throughout the period. The Cougars pulled within single digits (eight) but two free throws from Carlee Kilgus sealed the 10-point victory for SVC. 

Kollar scored a team-high 12 points while Lafko and Boring each scored 11. Giancola finished the evening with 10 points and seven rebounds as the Bearcats grabbed 41 rebounds compared to 38 for Chatham. SVC also scored 21 points from the bench and 16 points off turnovers.

Saint Vincent travels to Washington & Jefferson College on Saturday, Jan. 25 to begin the second half of the conference schedule. Start time is 1:00 p.m.