WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University women's basketball team continued their four-game homestand at the Marts Center on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Moravian University Greyhounds 65-52.

The Colonels fall to 4-13 overall and 1-9 in Landmark play, while the Greyhounds improve to 7-10 on the year and 5-5 against conference opponents.

Carolyn Lundy (Fair Haven, NJ/St. John Vianney) gave Wilkes an early 5-4 lead in the first with a triple, with Madison Robel (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) adding a layup to push the lead to three points with two minutes to play in the first. The visitors responded with four straight points of their own to take a 10-7 advantage into the second quarter.

An 8-5 run pushed the Greyhound lead to 18-12 early in the second frame, but the Colonel offense came alive for a nine-point swing punctuated by back-to-back treys by Charlotte Taylor (Somerville, NJ/Somerville) and Maliyah Warren (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) that gave Wilkes a 21-18 lead. The Greyhounds then leveled at 21 after a trey of their own, as the teams traded the lead back and forth before tying again at 28 with less than two minutes left to play in the half. One make from the charity stripe gave Moravian a 29-28 advantage going into halftime. The Colonels scored 21 points in the second quarter, the most on the day.  

After trading a pair of free throws each, Warren put the Colonels ahead 32-31 with a layup early in the third quarter. The Greyhounds then went on a 6-2 scoring run to take the lead back, before Warren brought the Colonels within one after a make from beyond the arc.

Unfortunately for the Colonels they were unable to grasp the lead again, as Moravian went into the break ahead 47-41, and took the 65-52 victory leading the whole of the fourth quarter.

Warren led Wilkes with 18 points, followed by Reagan Holden (Wilkes-Barre, PA/Wilkes-Barre Area) with six. Anya Richet (Plymouth, PA/Wyoming Valley West) snagged a team-high 10 boards, followed by Yamirelis Matos (Springfield, MA/Chicopee) with seven and Warren with six.

Ellie Wallbillich led Moravian with 16 points, while Grace Steffen led all players with 20 rebounds. Megan Elias and Juliana Vassallo led the team with three assists each.

Wilkes returns to the Marts Center on Wednesday, January 28 as they host the Warriors of Lycoming College in a Landmark Conference contest scheduled for 7:00 p.m.