Four double-figure scorers and a dominant defensive effort enabled the University of Scranton women’s basketball team to defeat SUNY-Cortland, 69-50, in a NCAA Division III top-10 matchup Tuesday night in New York.

Kaci Kranson led the Lady Royals (2-0), ranked No. 2 by d3hoops.com, with 23 points. Elizabeth Bennett followed with 11 points, while Katie Gorski and Meghan Lamanna each scored 10.

Scranton never trailed as a 3-pointer by Kranson and layup by Gorski in the opening 79 seconds gave the Lady Royals a 5-0 lead. With the defense forcing 11 first-half turnovers, they led at halftime, 46-28. All 10 of Gorski’s points came in the opening 20 minutes.

In the second half, the Lady Royals kept rolling. Their largest lead was 21 points on two occasions, the second of which was 60-39 with 2:41 left in the third quarter following a pair of Bennett free throws. They wound up forcing 20 turnovers for the game.

Kaeli McAnally led Cortland, which is ranked No. 7 by d3hoops.com, with 13 points. Brooke Tillotson added 12.

Marywood 80, PSU-Harrisburg 60: At Scranton, Olivia Ciullo led five players in double figures with 15 points as Marywood knocked off Penn State-Harrisburg at Insalaco Arena for its first win of the season.

Tamari Hubbard added 14 points for the Pacers (1-2). Jewlya McCullon and Anyah Ortiz scored 13 points apiece and Mia Blume finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and six assists.

Marywood closed the first quarter on a 12-2 run to take a 23-14 lead. The Pacers led at halftime, 40-32, then opened the third quarter by scoring the first 11 points. Hubbard had a basket before Blume hit two 3-pointers and Ortiz one. Their largest lead was 79-51 on an Ortiz free throw with 4:07 left in the fourth.

Montgomery College 68, Lackawanna 53: At Scranton, Imani Dennis totaled 29 points and 10 steals and Montgomery College from Maryland forced 30 Lackawanna College turnovers to win a NJCAA nonregion game at the Lackawanna College Student Union.

Ali Johns led Lackawanna (0-2) with 19 points, eight rebounds and four steals. Sophia Summa contributed 12 points, four assists, four steals and four rebounds.

Centenary 77, Wilkes 47: At Hackettstown, New Jersey, Wilkes trailed by double digits at the half and never recovered in a road loss to Centenary University.

Maliyah Warren led Wilkes (1-1) with 15 points and six rebounds, while Yamirelis Matos added eight points. Centenary led by three points at the end of the first quarter and held a 35-23 advantage at the half.

Wilkes shot 28.0% from the floor for the game, including 5 of 22 from beyond the 3-point line. It is back in action Friday night at home against Saint Elizabeth University.

Men’s basketball

At Wilkes-Barre, Wilkes University picked up its second consecutive victory, defeating King’s College, 79-68, on Tuesday night in nonconference men’s basketball at the Marts Center.

Scranton Prep graduate Dan Santaniello scored a game-high 20, while Lucas Lesko added 16 points and a team-high nine rebounds for the Colonels (2-0).

Santaniello scored 10 of his points in the first half, while Lesko had eight as the Colonels shot 48.5% from the floor and made all three of their free throws to lead, 37-30, at the half. Ben Rodner-Tims and Jake Karnish each scored seven points for King’s in the first half, which shot 38.7% from the floor.

Wilkes led by 23 points with 9:04 left in the second half. King’s began to chip away at the deficit, but could not get any closer down the stretch.

King’s largest lead came in the first half when it was up by five points.

Rodner-Tims led the Monarchs (1-1) with 17 points and six assists. Karnish had 16 points and six assists, while Garrett Burys had 15 points and nine rebounds.