The Muhlenberg women's basketball team set or tied three Scotty Wood Tournament records and senior Brandi Vallely finished with a triple-double in an 83-74 victory over Lycoming.
 
The Mules (3-0) won the Scotty Wood Tournament title for the third straight year and the sixth time in eight years.
 
Vallely finished with 18 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds to record the sixth triple-double of her career, tying the NCAA Division III record. She earned tournament MVP honors, finishing the two games with 23 points, 17 rebounds and a tournament-record 23 assists.
 
Senior Chelsea Gary also earned all-tournament team honors as well, finishing the championship game close to a triple-double of her own with 19 points, 10 rebounds and a career-best eight blocks. Her eight blocks tied the tournament single-game record.
 
Senior Rachel Plotke led the Mules with 20 points and tied a tournament record with six three-pointers, which also tied her career-high. Plotke led the team in scoring in both tournament games, finishing the two contests with 31 points and nine three-pointers.
 
Senior Christina Manning chipped in eight points, making four of her six shots, and junior Carley Hamilton added six points to go with five rebounds and two blocks.
 
Muhlenberg started the game shooting 50 percent from the field (11-for-22) and 5-for-9 from beyond the arc but trailed 18-12 midway through the opening period.
 
The Mules then made their run as Vallely found Plotke for her third triple of the period and then hit freshman Emilie Benton on a feed inside for a layup to cut the deficit to one. A baseline jumper from sophomore Caroline Hogg gave Muhlenberg the lead, and after a Warriors (2-1) two-pointer, Plotke drilled her fourth three-pointer to make it 22-20.
 
Later, Gary made a free throw to put the Mules up 34-22, but Lycoming worked its way back into the game and took the lead again with 1:19 to go in the first half. Gary then tied the game again with another free throw, and freshman Ashley Polera finished a fast-break layup off a Lycoming turnover to stake Muhlenberg with a lead it would not give up.
 
Muhlenberg swelled its advantage to as many as 16 after junior Sara Dilly drained a three-pointer off a Vallely assist with 4:26 in the third period. The Warriors battled back to cut the deficit to 64-57 at the end of the third period and got to within three with 6:50 left before Plotke scored five straight points, putting the Mules up 69-61.
 
Lycoming whittled the lead down to six again before Plotke's final three and Vallely's only three of the game put the contest out of reach with thirty seconds remaining.
 
The Mules committed only nine turnovers in the game while forcing 18 mistakes for Lycoming. The Mules blocked 13 shots as a team, the third most in a game in school history.
 
Muhlenberg has now won its home annual tournament a total of 14 times and has played in the tournament championship in all 25 years of its history.