MONMOUTH, Ill. — Kelsey Walsberg scored 33 points and hit a school-record 10 3-pointers to lead the Monmouth College women’s basketball team to a 77-66 Midwest Conference victory on Saturday.
Walsberg went 10-for-21 from beyond the arc for the Scots (5-18, 4-14 MWC).
Andrea Wilkinson led four Vikings (0-23, 0-18) in double figures with 16 points. Patsy Kealey and Natalie Kramer scored 13 points apiece Lawrence, and Liz Arco had a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
The Scots went on a 9-1 run over the final 2:15 of the second quarter to grab a 32-23 lead at the half. Monmouth then withstood a pair of second-half runs by the Vikings.
Monmouth led by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, but the Vikings sliced into that advantage late in the third and early in the fourth. Jumpers by Kealey and Arco and a 3-pointer from Kramer trimmed the Monmouth lead to 52-46 with 8:58 left in the game.
The Vikings got as close as 54-49 after Olivia Hoesley buried a 3-pointer, but the Scots responded and pushed the lead to 68-53.
Lawrence chipped away at the lead and went on a 10-3 run, capped by a pair of Wilkinson free throws, to trim the margin to 71-63 with 1:18 left. Walsberg then hit back-to-back 3-pointers to snuff out the comeback.