WESTMINSTER, Md. - Junior
Raegan Lenz totaled 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and three blocks to lead the McDaniel College women's basketball team to a 63-43 win over Stevenson in the Rebecca Martin Memorial Tip-Off Tournament Friday.
The Green Terror (1-0) are now 5-1 in season openers under head coach
Christin Gowan, advancing to the championship game of the Rebecca Martin Memorial Tip-Off Tournament in each of the event's five seasons.
Lenz was one of three players in double figures, including senior
Elaina Beckett and sophomore
Lauren Cavoli. Beckett, who was honored pregame for becoming the 17th player in program history to score 1,000 career points in the 2024-25 season finale Allegheny, totaled her 17th career double double with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Cavoli finished with 11 points, three assists, and two steals.
Beckett scored 11 points in the opening quarter as McDaniel led 18-9 after one, holding the Mustangs (0-1) to just 26.7 percent shooting from the floor while scoring six points off six turnovers.
Each team scored 12 second-quarter points and the Green Terror led 30-21 at the half. Beckett had exactly half of the team's 30 points with 15 to go along with seven rebounds. Lenz had four points, six rebounds, four assists and three blocks.
McDaniel stretched its lead to as many as 18 points in the third, outscoring Stevenson 14-5 as the visitors made just 2-of-13 attempts from the floor for 15.4 percent. Lenz and Cavoli combined for 10 points, two rebounds and two assists.
First-years
Peyton Cramer,
Riley Stigler, and
Riley Waite each scored their first career points with Cramer scoring six and Stigler and Waite adding three each.
Junior
Teya McConnaha totaled six points and eight rebounds while McDaniel had 17 assists on 24 baskets.
McDaniel will host Misericordia in the championship game on Saturday at 6 p.m. after the Cougars defeated Juniata in Friday's second game, 72-55. It will mark the first-ever meeting between the Green Terror and Cougars.
The consolation game between Stevenson and Juniata will take place at 4 p.m.