Lyndonville, VT - The Vermont State University Lyndon Hornets women's basketball team's early scoring run and all around team effort helped obtain a 73-40 home victory over the Lesley University Lynx on Tuesday night in the Hornet's conference opener. 

Lyndon started the first quarter on a 16-0 scoring run and led 19-8 at the end of the quarter. They would extend their lead up to 43-15 at halftime. The Hornets would hold The Lynx to 25 second half points, while adding 30 more points of their own. 

Sophomore wing Skylar Begay (Tucson, AZ) was the only Hornet with double digit scoring with 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting adding 4 rebounds and 2 blocks. 5 other Hornets would add 9 points of their own as Lyndon took a balanced scoring approach to the contest. Senior Guard Ella Huntington (Taylorsville, UT) dished out a team high 7 assists in 19 minutes of play as the leading playmaker for the Hornets. Freshman forward Keira Quintal (Sheffield, VT) paced the team in both rebounds with 7 and blocks with 3 in a strong defensive outing.  

The Hornets swarmed Lesley with scoring contributions throughout their team, scoring 30 points off the bench. Defensively, Lyndon kept the Lynx on the back foot by forcing turnovers and blocking shots. They would pick up 14 steals and 9 blocks as a team, and held the Lynx to just 25.8% shooting on the day. 3 point shooting remains a focus for the Hornets, picking up 11 makes on 33 attempts. 

Leila Chisholm led Lesley in scoring with 14 points and was tied for the Lynx's team high in rebounding with 9. Madalynn Biagi and Chelsea McIntosh both added 9 rebounds of their own, in what proved to be a tough day offensively for the Lynx. 

Lyndon improves to 1-0 in conference play and 5-1 overall, while Lesley falls to 1-3 in conference and 2-7 overall. The Hornets travel to play SUNY Cobleskill this Friday for a conference matchup. Tip-off starts at 7:30pm.