La PLUME, Pa. – The Keystone women's basketball team ended 2021 with a win, defeating Marywood University, 60-55, Thursday afternoon in a home non-conference matchup.

It was the first game for both teams after more than two weeks off.

The Pacers built up to their largest lead of 14 points in the latter half of the second quarter before the Giants came roaring back off of Mac Oribello's (San Diego, Calif./Westview) 17 second-half points performance.

After taking the lead on Megan Weber's (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport Area) 3-pointer at the 7:31 mark in the final quarter, Marywood's Jade Rolon re-took the advantage a few minutes later on a 3-pointer of her own. But Abby Ritz (Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunhannock Area) quickly swung momentum back in favor of the Giants to take the lead for good on a made layup to hold Pacers off for victory.

Key Performers

• Mac Oribello (San Diego, Calif./Westview) dropped 24 points in her return to action after missing the last three games. The senior shot 10 of 14, going 4 for 5 from beyond the arc to go along with four rebounds.
• Lee Gordon (Philadelphia, Pa./Penn Wood) narrowly missed out on a triple-double stat line after finishing with 11 rebounds, nine assists and eight points.
• Abby Ritz (Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunhannock Area) (nine points, nine rebounds) and Renata Alberici (Hazlet, N.J./Raritan) (eight points, eight rebounds, five assists) both also came close to tallying double-double figures.
• Marywood's Jade Rolon finished with a double-double on 11 points and 11 rebounds.
• Savannah Purdy scored a team-high 16 points for the Pacers to go along with six rebounds and five assists.

Inside The Box Score

• Keystone went to the charity stripe 20 times compared to Marywood's six, but the Pacers shot perfect against the Giants' 50 percent. Half of Keystone's free-throw attempts came in the final period.
• The Giants shot .667 (14 of 21) from the field in the second half compared to .250 (7 of 28) in the first half
• Keystone held an 18-6 points-in-the-paint advantage while Marywood had the edge, 16-8, in points off turnovers
• Marywood took advantage of 23 offensive rebounds for 23 second-chance points compared to Keystone's seven offensive rebounds with three second-chance points.

What's Next

• Keystone (6-3, 4-1 CSAC) will be off until traveling to Cedar Crest College (1-7, 0-5 CSAC) on Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. in CSAC action.
• Marywood (5-5, 0-0 AEC) travels to Immaculata University (7-2) on Wednesday, Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. in an Atlantic East contest.