RIPON, Wis. — The Ripon College women’s basketball team pulled away in the second quarter and kept Lawrence University at bay the rest of the game in a 74-57 Midwest Conference victory at the Storzer Center.
Freshman Maggie Oimoen scored 22 points on 11-of-14 shooting to pace Ripon (2-0, 1-0 MWC).
Liz Arco came off the bench to pace Lawrence (0-2, 0-1) with 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Fanita Robins and Olivia Hoesley added 11 points apiece for Lawrence.
Ripon led 15-14 late in the first quarter, but the Red Hawks scored eight consecutive points. The game then see-sawed as Lawrence trimmed the lead back seven before Ripon stretched it all the way to 33-16.
Hoesley then hit a 3-pointer, Robins connected on back-to-back jumpers and Arco hit a jumper to cut the lead to 37-25 at the half.
Lawrence was unable to put a dent in Ripon’s lead in the final two quarters. The Vikings never got closer than 10 points, but Ripon didn’t pull away.
Lawrence cut the lead to 62-51 on Natalie Kramer’s 3-pointer with 5:47 left in the fourth quarter before Ripon finally put the game away in the final minutes.