GROVE CITY, Pa. (Dec. 1) - The Saint Vincent women's basketball team scored an impressive 63-44 road victory over Grove City College in Presidents' Athletic Conference action in Mercer County. 

Madison Kollar led all scorers with 20 points, while Maria Morgan continued her hot-shooting from behind the three-point line, knocking down four treys in a 14-point effort. Paige Montrose finished with 10 points and five rebounds. 

Carlee Kilgus dished out a career-high eight assists while also adding three steals in the victory. Kayla Slovenec was strong on the glass for a second straight contest, pulling down a game-high and career-high seven rebounds for SVC. 

Playing in front of its home crowd at the College Arena, the Wolverines got off to a fast start, gaining early first quarter leads of 5-0 and 13-9. A layup by Erin Giancola helped SVC close the deficit to two at 13-11 with 1:49 left in the quarter. However, the Wolverines used back-to-back buckets to build an 17-11 lead after the first. 

Trailing by as many as eight points in the second quarter (23-15) with 6:41 to play in the frame, Saint Vincent made its move to surge into the lead. From that point, the Bearcats used a decisive 17-4 run to gain a 32-27 halftime advantage over the Wolverines. SVC connected on a trio of three-points during the run, including treys on back-to-back possessions by Morgan to take a 27-25 lead at the 3:06 mark. 

Early in the third, a layup and free throw by Slovenec pushed the SVC edge into double figures, putting the score at 39-29 with 6:30 showing on the clock. A three-pointer by Kollar beat the third quarter buzzer to swell the Bearcat lead to its biggest of the contest to that point. The Kollar trey made the score 49-34 after three quarters of play. Slovenec closed out the scoring with a late three pointer in the fourth to make the final 63-44. 

For a second straight PAC game, the Bearcat defense recorded an impressive performance, as they limited the host Wolverines to just 44 points on the afternoon. Grove City converted just 3-of-14 three-point attempts (21.4 percent) and committed 21 turnovers in the contest. 

The win is the third straight for the Bearcats, who improve to 5-2 overall and 2-0 in league play.  Meanwhile, the Wolverines fall to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in PAC action.
 
Saint Vincent returns to the Carey Center to host Thiel College on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Start time against the Tomcats is set for 5:30 p.m.