BELOIT, Wis. — The Beloit College women’s basketball team scored the final six points of the game and held off Lawrence University 64-57 in a Midwest Conference game on Tuesday at Flood Arena.
Lana Wieseman led Beloit (6-15, 5-11 MWC) with 25 points, with most of those earned by going 14-for-16 at the foul line. Beloit went 29-for-39 from the stripe for the game.
Lawrence freshman Danelle Buck led the Vikings (0-20, 0-16) with a double-double of 19 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out. Fellow Lawrence freshman Elizabeth Arco added 13 points, five rebounds and three blocks.
The Vikings trailed by as many as 13 points in the second half before rallying. Lawrence went on a 10-0 run by hitting four consecutive shots, including back-to-back 3-pointers from Patsy Kealey and Olivia Hoesley, to cut the lead to 42-39 with 12:11 left.
The Bucs pushed the lead back to back to as many as 10 points, and the Vikings were down 57-51 when Natalie Kramer sparked a mini-run with a jumper. After a Beloit free throw, Fanita Robins buried a jumper, and Kramer made a pair of free throws to trim the lead to 58-57 with 43 seconds left.
That’s as close as the Vikings would get as they missed their next two shots from the floor. Beloit then went 6-for-6 from the foul line in the final 40 seconds to seal the victory.
Lawrence jumped on the Bucs from the opening tip and led 17-5 on Buck’s layup with 8:28 left in the first half. Beloit scored the game’s next 10 points to cut the lead to 17-15. Lawrence led 19-18, but the Bucs scored the final five points of the half to grab a 23-19 edge at the break.