NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.--Emily Lauer led a quartet of double-digit scorers Wednesday night, as the Allegheny College women's basketball team posted a 63-44 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) win over Westminster College.

At Ron Galbreath Court inside Buzz Ridl Gymnasium, the visiting Gators avenged a 64-42 loss to the Titans back on Nov. 16 in Meadville.

Wednesday was a wire-to-wire win for head coach Kelley Muffley's Gators: 20-11 at the quarter, 39-24 by the break, and 49-33 through three periods.

The Gators garnered a 23-point lead (49-26) with 5:43 remaining in the third quarter. The host Titans twice trimmed their deficit to 14 points (49-35 with 8:56 left, and 51-37 with 8:13 remaining) before Allegheny again extended its edge.

Led by Lauer's 8-for-14 shooting performance, Allegheny annexed 46.7% shooting from the floor (28 of 60). Lauer (16), Jess Bickart (15) and reigning PAC Rookie of the Week Sarah Santicola (15) and Sofia Genareo (13 apiece) led the Gators' scoring. All four are underclassmen.

Santicola, a 6-foot freshman, also hauled down a team-high 9 rebounds, while Genareo grabbed 6 for Allegheny (6-4 PAC, 6-8 overall), which is led by former Thiel College standout Muffley.

Led by steady senior Lindsay Bell (Youngstown, Ohio | Ursuline), who bounded a game-high 10 times, Westminster won the board battle, 36-32; however the Titans turned over the ball 17 times, leading to 16 Allegheny points.

Allegheny assisted on 17 of its field goals, led by Bickart's game-high 5 dimes and Santicola's 3.

Led by Santicola, who averaged 11 points on 55.6% shooting, 10 rebounds and 2 blocked shots last week as the Gators split a pair of games, the Gators dominated the paint by a 40-22 margin. Santicola has registered 4 double-doubles this season.

Westminster (6-4, 10-5) was led in scoring by senior Natalie Murrio (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Brentwood), who manufactured a game-high 20 points, while Bell contributed 11 points. She and Murrio divided a half-dozen assists.

However, the Titans tallied just 14 of 51 (27.5%) of their field-goal attempts, missing 6 of 7 from the 3-point line and converted only 15 of 23 (65.2%) of their free-throw tries.

Coach Rosanne Scott's Titans travel to take on Thiel College in Greenville in Beeghly Gymnasium, for a 1 p.m. PAC matinee on Saturday.