Radnor, PA - Sophomore Meghan Matthews tallied a season high in both points and rebounds as she paved the way for the Cavaliers 78-77 come-from-behind overtime victory over the visiting Elizabethtown College Blue Jays. 

The Philadelphia native tallied a season and game high 24 points and 14 rebounds, highlighted by 10 points and eight boards in the second half. Freshman Kate Lannon was right behind Matthews as the rookie knocked down 7-of-15 shots for 21 points in just 22 minutes of action. Junior Nomi Washington narrowly missed a double-double as she collected nine points and nine rebounds, while sophomore Cassidy Gallagher added eight points, five assists and two steals. 

The Blue and White jumped out to a 16-9 lead after the first quarter thanks to swarming defense that caused the Blue Jays to shoot just 3-of-13 (23.1%) from the field in the opening 10 minutes of action. Lannon proved to have the hot hand early as she accounted for half of the Cavs' 16 first quarter points. 

E-Town managed to flip the scrip on the Blue and White in the second quarter as they opened with an 11-to-3 run to take the 20-19 lead just over three minutes into the action. Blue Jay freshman Veronica Christ accounted for six of the 11 points thanks to a three, as well as an and-one. The Cavs would respond and put an end to the E-Town run, but neither team was able to extend their lead more than two points before the end of the quarter. Lannon provided a bit of fireworks just before halftime as she nailed a deep three as time expired to give the Cavs the 31-29 lead. 

The Blue Jays came out of the break hot as they ripped off a 14-to-6 run to take a 43-35 lead with six minutes left in the quarter. Matthews and the Cavs managed to cut the Blue Jay lead to just five after an easy lay in, but E-Town stayed hot as they added a 9-to-4 run to end the half with a 54-45 lead. 

The Blue and White refused to go down without a fight as they responded with a momentum swinging 14-to-6 run to pull to within a point. After keeping pace primarily at the charity stripe for the next three minutes, senior Sabrina Hackendorn knocked down a jumper in the lane to even things at 63 apiece with 44 seconds to go. A pair of free throws from E-Town senior Emma Hoesman briefly put the Blue Jays up two, but a game tying layup from Matthews with 30 seconds left sent the two teams into overtime knotted at 65. 

A 6-2 run in favor of the Blue Jays put them up 71-67 early in overtime, but a pair of freebies from freshman Kate King cut the E-Town lead back to two with just under three minutes left. After both teams swapped baskets, Matthews took the game over as she netted her team's final six points coming off of a smooth lay-in as well as knocking down 5-6 from the charity stripe to give the Cavs the hard fought 78-77 victory. 

With the win the Blue and White improve to 8-2 overall and push their win streak to six games. The Cavs will next take the court on Saturday, January 6th when they host Keystone College. Game time is slated for 1pm.