APPLETON, Wis. — The Monmouth College women’s basketball team hit 12 3-pointers Saturday en route to a 72-39 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University at Alexander Gymnasium.
The Scots went 12-for-24 from beyond the arc and were led by rookie Yvonne Ornelas. She went 9-for-10 from the floor, including 5-for-6 on 3-pointers, on her way to a game-high 23 points.
Leah Reeves came off the bench to pace Lawrence (2-19, 0-16 MWC)with 11 points, and she pulled down six rebounds. Natalie Kramer added 10 points for the Vikings, and Shonell Benjamin grabbed seven rebounds.
The Scots were hot from the start, hitting their first four shots from the floor and making their first four 3-pointers. Monmouth had built an 18-5 lead just six minutes into the game.
Lawrence got four consecutive points from Reeves and a pair of free throws from Kramer to trim the margin to 18-11 after one quarter. The Scots stretched the lead to 17 before Lauren Deveikis hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds to cut the lead to 35-21 at the half.
Monmouth started the second half on a 16-6 run to pull away to a 51-27 edge. Lawrence never got closer than 21 points after that.