SELINSGROVE, PA --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College women's basketball traded a total of 22 leads Sunday afternoon in the Susquehanna University Trailways Tournament consolation game and trailed for the final 5:06 to fall 66-63 to the Pennsylvania College of Technology Wildcats (1-3) from Orlando W. Houts Gymnasium in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.

Destenee Bailey produced 10 points and three steals against Penn to be selected to the All-Tournament Team.

The Cardinals got off to a slow start, misfiring on four attempts from deep before Bailey's layup put York on the board to make it a 5-2 game 2:45 in.  Trailing 10-4, York scored 11 of the game's next 21 points to pull within two (17-15) at the end of the first period. After Mac-Dege Dessources dropped in two of her 10 first-half points to tie the game (17-17), both teams traded triples with Kristina Sierra's long ball igniting a 9-0 Cardinal run to lead 26-20 with 7:08 remaining in the half.  York added to its advantage with a 12-0 spurt to build a game-high 16-point lead (38-22). Penn outscored the Cardinals 5-1 in the final 1:57 to trail 39-27 at intermission.  

The Wildcats regained the lead with a 15-0 scoring spree to jump ahead 42-41 with 3:59 showing on the third-quarter clock.  Knotted at 45 entering the fourth period, both teams combined for eight lead changes in the final 10 minutes. Cami Melson and Daniesha Newsome sank  3-pointers and Dessources added a pair of free throws to build York's lead to four (53-49) with 6:33 left. Penn answered with an 11-3 spurt to grab to lead for good to go up 60-56 with 2:22 remaining.  The Cardinals twice pulled within one in the final 1:34, and had a chance to take the lead with 13 seconds left as Newsome's look from inside the paint rimmed out for York's final attempt.

Dessources registered her second-straight double-double (15th career), totaling a career-high 19 points (7-of-10 FG, 5-of-5 FT) to go with 15 rebounds and two blocks.  Sierra and Newsome each tallied nine points.

Lydia Albert scored a game-high 20 points to lead Penn to victory.  Cassi Kuhns ripped down 17 rebounds and scored 10 points as Tori Wolfe went for 15 points and 11 boards.

York outscored the Wildcats in the paint, 32-24, while Penn held a +2 rebounding margin (51-49) and scored 14 second-chance points off 18 offensive boards.

The Cardinals (0-3) return to campus Tuesday (Nov. 26) at 7 p.m. for their home opener against the Bryn Athyn College Lions (1-3) inside York College Gymnasium. Prior to the start of the game, Dessources will be presented with hardware for being named the 2018-19 NCAA Division III Statistical Champion for rebounds per game.

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