Erie, PA-The D'Youville women's basketball team opened the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference portion of their schedule in a big way. The Spartans never trailed tonight going wire to wire with the lead and defeated Penn State Behrend 62-44 on the Lions' home floor.

With the win, D'Youville is now 3-4 overall and 1-0 in the AMCC. The Spartans have won two-straight.

Four Spartan players finished in double-figures led by Shannon Dougherty (West Seneca, NY/West Seneca West) with a game-high 18 points. Jean-Ann Korona (Washingtonville, NY/Washingtonville) added 12 points, Alexis Smith (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) chipped in 11 points, and Danette Laguerre (Buffalo, NY/East) came off the bench to contribute 10 points and a game-high 9 rebounds.

The win is the first over Penn State Behrend since D'Youville joined the AMCC in 2009-10, snapping an eight-game losing streak to the Lions.

D'Youville ran out to an early 13-3 lead to open the game and extended their margin to as many as 23.  Penn State Behrend didn't reach double-figures until 2:08 left to play in the first-half and trailed at the break 33-15. Dougherty led all players with 10 points in the first 20 minutes of play.

The closest Behrend would get was 12 off the lead at the 14:48 mark of the second-half.

D'Youville only attempted eight three-pointers but made five (62.5%). Dougherty was 4 of 5 from beyond the arc. The Spartans also got it done at the free-throw line making 15 of 17 (88.2%). Smith was five of six from the line.

Head coach Dan Glover after the game: "Today was a great day for D'Youville women's basketball and being a part of this basketball family. Our players gave every ounce of effort and really showed they wanted this game. Before the game I challenged the team to show that this is a new era of D'Youville basketball and to fight like Spartans by not giving up until the final buzzer. We did that and I couldn't be more proud of this team."

Next on the schedule for D'Youville is a non-conference game at Houghton College December 7. Start time is at 2:00 pm.