Mealing Leads LHU Over Cheyney

CHEYNEY – Lysa Mealing (Altoona, Pa./Altoona) recorded another monster double-double (15 points, 15 rebounds) and was one of four Bald Eagles who scored in double-figures, leading the Lock Haven University women’s basketball team to an important 67-51 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East road win at Cheyney University on Saturday.

Mealing’s game-high 15 points paced Lock Haven (7-8, 4-7 PSAC East) offensively.

The Haven trio of Emily James (Mansfield, Pa./Mansfield), J.J. Hilliard (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) and Rachael McDaniel (Plainfield, N.J./California (Pa.) Univ.) all netted double-figures to go along with the Mealing-led attack.

James scored 12, while Hilliard had 11 and McDaniel added 10.

Mackenzie Livingston (Blairsville, Pa./IUP) chipped in with nine points and four rebounds.

Lock Haven led by four at the break, 24-20 and the Bald Eagles shot 52 percent in the second half, dropping Cheyney (2-12, 0-10 PSAC East) in an important PSAC tilt.

Hilliard added four assists and two steals. Mealing, the PSAC’s leading rebounder grabbed a game-high 15 boards today (3 off, 12 def).

LHU will return home to host Shippensburg University on Wednesday, January 13 at 5:30 p.m.