The Saint Vincent women's basketball team battled to a senior day win against Presidents' Athletic Conference opponent Westminster by a score of 61-48.  
 
Turnovers plagued both sides early as there was no scoring through the first three minutes. Madison Kollar changed that with a three pointer at the 6:45 mark and followed it with a driving layup to put Saint Vincent up 5-0.

After a Titans layup Jenna Lafko converted an and-one and a jumper on the wing to extend the Bearcat lead to eight with five minutes left in the first quarter. Westminster countered with a quick 6-0 run to make it a one possession game with two minutes left in the quarter. After trading baskets, the Titans closed the opening stanza with a three at the buzzer to take a 13-12 lead into the second period.
 
Taylor Boring gave the Bearcats the lead again, 15-13, with a three-pointer to open the second quarter. A Westminster basket was answered by a Kollar jump shot in the post the Titans then regained the lead 19-17 halfway through the second quarter.

Saint Vincent's offense caught fire over the next minute and a half with a nine-point run keyed by a Lafko jumper and capped off with a Kayla Slovenec trey from off of a Carlee Kilgus assist at the 2:53 mark of the quarter. Both teams exchanged free throws and defensive stands over the last three minutes and headed to the locker rooms with Saint Vincent leading, 29-24.
 
Westminster opened the second half swinging with threes on back to back possessions to go up 30-29. Saint Vincent regained the lead when Lafko cut to the rim off of an inbounds pass and laid one in at the 7:33 mark. The Titans converted a pair of free throws to go up 34-33 before a Kilgus long range shot and five more points from Lafko pushed the Bearcats back out in front by six with three minutes left in the third.

Westminster pushed back with five unanswered points to pull within one, 40-39. With just over a minute left in the period Taylor Boring drilled one from beyond the arc to halt the Titans' momentum. Two more Titan free throws and a Lafko layup ended the quarter with the score 45-41 in favor of Saint Vincent.
 
The fourth quarter was all Bearcats as they outscored the Titans 16-7 in the final frame. A 9-0 run over three minutes in the middle of the quarter saw baskets from four different players, including a layup by Kilgus at the 4:09 to give her a double-double. Kilgus wasn't done there, as she hit two free throws, including an and-one conversion, to help finish off Westminster down the stretch.
 
Three Bearcats scored in double figures led by Jenna Lafko's 17 points, followed by 14 Carlee Kilgus's 14 and Madison Kollar's 13. Kilgus completed her double-double with 12 rebounds and Taylor Boring came away with 4 steals on the defensive end for SVC.
 
With the win Saint Vincent improves to 15-6 (11-1 PAC) on the year. The Bearcats return to action on Wednesday, February 12 when they play host to PAC foe Bethany College in the Robert S. Carey Student Center. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.