FOND DU LAC, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team struggled out of the gate Tuesday and Marian University posted a 57-28 non-conference victory in the season opener at Sadoff Gymnasium.
Marian bolted to a 25-7 lead after the first quarter, and the Sabres led 36-10 at the half.
Nicole Paulus led Marian and all scorers with 19 points, and Brittany Bauman added 11.
Andrea Wilkinson led Lawrence with eight points and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds to go along with three steals. The Vikings hit on only 10-of-48 shots from the floor (20.8 percent), and Lawrence shot just 2-of-13 (15.4 percent) from beyond the arc.
Marian opened the second half by scoring 11 consecutive points to push the lead to 47-10 and never led by less than 27 points the rest of the way.