Green Knights take down Lawrence

DE PERE, Wis. — The St. Norbert College women’s basketball team got off to a fast start and went on to an 89-45 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday at Schuldes Sports Center.

Krista Pelky led St. Norbert (14-3, 12-0 MWC) with 21 points, and Jamie Kuhl added 20 points. Tasha Giese picked up a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Green Knights.

Chioma Ejimkonye paced the Vikings (1-15, 1-10) with 11 points, and Kassidy Rinehart added 10.

St. Norbert jumped out to a double-digit lead at 19-9 less than eight minutes into the game. The Green Knights increased that lead to 20 points with 6:52 left in the opening half. St. Norbert then went on a 17-3 to finish the half and led 52-21 at the break.

The Green Knights continued to gradually pull away in the second half and led by as many as 49 points in the second half.

Lawrence returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Carroll University.

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