RIPON, Wis. — The Ripon College women’s basketball team held off Lawrence University and posted a 47-39 Midwest Conference victory on Wednesday at the Storzer Center.
Emma McDonald and Chelsea Moldenhauer had 11 points apiece to pace Ripon (2-14, 2-9 MWC), and McDonald grabbed a team-best nine rebounds.
Elizabeth Arco scored a game-high 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting and posted her first career double-double with a game-high 10 rebounds for the Vikings (0-14, 0-10). Olivia Hoesley added 12 points for Lawrence and went 4-for-7 from beyond the arc.
Lawrence led by as many as seven points in the first half, but Ripon rallied to take a 17-16 lead at the half.
Ripon stretched the lead to 35-25 with 10:36 left, but Hoesley drained a 3-pointer and Danelle Buck made a pair of free throws to trim the lead back to 35-30.
The Red Hawks responded by scoring the game’s next six points to grab a 41-30 lead with 7:47 left. Lawrence cut the lead to six points twice after that but could get no closer.