The Saint Vincent women's basketball team swept its season series with Thiel, defeating the Tomcats on the road by a 59-57 score.

A driving lay up by point guard Kathy Bianco with a minute left in regulation proved to be the decisive basket for the Lady Bearcats, who were able to snap a two-game losing streak.

SVC started slowly, spotting Thiel a 10-2 lead seven minutes into play.  The Lady Bearcats then battled back, eventually taking a 23-22 lead with two minutes left in the half on a three from Maria Baroffio, before the teams went into the intermission tied at 25.

The second half started off in the same fashion as the first, as Thiel scored the first seven points of the final 20 minutes, going up 32-25 with 15 minutes left in regulation.

As was the case in the first stanza, SVC came back in a big way, outscoring the Tomcats 16-9 over the next several moments to tie the game at 41, with two free throws by Laura Klimchock.  The teams then shared the lead, with neither squad enjoying more than a four-point advantage the rest of the way.

With the game tied at 56, Bianco, playing in place of injured point guard Ashley Campbell, drove the length of the floor for the decisive lay up, putting the visiting Lady Bearcats ahead for good.

Klimchock led the Lady Bearcats with 19 points, while Baroffio added 10 and Janelle Reed nine.  Caryn Glassbrenner topped SVC with nine rebounds. 

Thiel (7-14) was paced by Jasmin Jones, who scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.

With the win, the Lady Bearcats improve to 8-14 on the season.  They will be back in action on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Washington & Jefferson for a 2pm contest.