{"id":111733,"date":"2026-02-12T04:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/111733\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:34:05","slug":"bena-leads-lyco-womens-hoops-in-loss-at-no-2-scranton-news-sports-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/111733\/","title":{"rendered":"Bena leads Lyco women\u2019s hoops in loss at No. 2 Scranton | News, Sports, Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON \u2014 Senior Katie Bena hit a pair of 3-pointers for the Lycoming College women\u2019s basketball team, as it fell, 104-29, in a Landmark Conference matchup against second-ranked University of Scranton on Wednesday at the John Long Center.<\/p>\n<p>Scranton (22-0, 15-0) scored 50 points in the first half and led for 39 minutes against Lycoming (7-15, 3-12).<\/p>\n<p>Senior Kami Abdo led the Warriors with seven points, while Bena drilled her second and third 3-pointers of the season. Sophomore Jocelyn McCracken \u2013 a Jersey Shore graduate \u2013 also scored six points and pulled down three rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Bennett led Scranton with 20 points and five rebounds, while Kasey Kranson scored 19 points. In total, 15 Royals scored in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors will finish their three-game road trip on Saturday with a Landmark Conference showdown against Moravian University. Tip-off from Johnston Hall is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sungazette.com\/sports\/local-sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sungazette.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/glass-cleaners-king-and-draper-attack-the-boards-and-help-hughesville-girls-reach-heartland-conference-championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>SUNBURY\u2014It seemed fitting that the ball found Allyssa King as the final second ticked away. Because she and &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sungazette.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/shore-boys-basketball-scrapes-by-neumann-in-overtime-thriller-76-67\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>In the waning minutes of a Wednesday night thriller, Jersey Shore boys basketball found itself on the receiving end &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sungazette.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/strong-first-half-not-enough-to-propel-mansfield-men-to-win-at-esu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>EAST STROUDSBURG &#8211; The Mansfield Mountaineers men\u2019s basketball team let a tight second half slip away on &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sungazette.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/mansfield-womens-hoop-falls-to-east-stroudsburg-on-road\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>EAST STROUDSBURG &#8211; The Mansfield Mountaineers women\u2019s basketball team competed on Wednesday in Pennsylvania State &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sungazette.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/friedman-scores-23-as-warriors-fall-late-to-regionally-ranked-scranton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>A 3\u2011pointer from sophomore forward Charlie Sims with 3:04 left gave the Lycoming College men\u2019s basketball team &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a style=\"color:#2a2a2a;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sungazette.com\/sports\/local-sports\/2026\/02\/bena-leads-lyco-womens-hoops-in-loss-at-no-2-scranton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>SCRANTON \u2014 Senior Katie Bena hit a pair of 3-pointers for the Lycoming College women&#8217;s basketball team, as it &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON \u2014 Senior Katie Bena hit a pair of 3-pointers for the Lycoming College women\u2019s basketball team, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[53411,2365,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-111733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-bena-leads-lyco-women","tag-local-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}