SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The York University women's basketball team lost a 98-65 decision at Evangel Saturday afternoon.

The Panthers are now 5-15 overall, including 4-12 in league play.

Head coach Corinna Minjarez's team was led by Arcadya Conway's team-best 11 points. Audrey Hernandez added nine points while Destiny Shepherd chipped in eight markers.

Down 8-0 in the first quarter, Shepherd took a pass from Imani Honey and buried a shot from downtown at the 5:14 mark. Alliyana Page's jumper less than a minute later pulled the Panthers within four at 9-5. Evangel embarked on a 16-5 spurt to end the quarter.

The teams played nearly even in the second quarter with the home squad outscoring the Panthers by just two points, 23-21. During the frame, Conway got the scoring going with a lay-up and a pair of free throws. Down 39-14, Conway netted a three-point bucket and converted a lay-up at the 4:41 mark. Trailing 47-24, Clara Romero and Audrey Hernandez found the bottom of the net to pull within 18. Ashley Rubio's lay-up with 43 seconds to play made it 49-31 at the break.  

Down 80-39, Hernandez connected on a jumper before finding Olivia Shannon for a three-ball at the 1:33 mark but Evangel led 83-46 heading into the fourth quarter.

York outscored Evangel 19-15 over the final 10 minutes of work. Alliyana Page hit a lay-up in the early going before Hernandez buried a three-point shot. At the 6:07 mark, Jess McGrath canned a shot from distance. With 2:40 to play, Shannon took a pass from Monique Contreras for a three-point basket. Britney Schroer added two late field goals.

For the game, York hit 21-of-61 from the floor, including nine-of-23 from downtown. The team was solid at the charity stripe, hitting 14-of-17 (82.4 percent). The squad grabbed 38 rebounds, including 12 on the offensive glass. The Panthers dished out 12 assists and had 42 points off the bench.

The Panthers return to action Wednesday, Feb. 7 when they host Avila at 6 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at Yorkpanthers.com.