Women’s Basketball

APPLETON, Wis. — The Cornell College women’s basketball team pulled away late in the first half and went on to a 68-34 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Taylor Dicus paced Cornell (18-3, 14-2 MWC) with game highs of 16 points and eight rebounds. Rikki Mulloy added 10 points for the Rams.

Katie Schumacher paced Lawrence (3-18, 1-15) with 10 points, and Alex Deshler and Kassidy Rinehart added eight points apiece.

Lawrence hung with the powerful Rams, who are tied for first place in the conference, early in the game. The Vikings led by as many as four points in the first eight minutes and were up 11-8 on Rinehart’s layup with 9:34 left.

The Rams scored the next four points to take a 12-11 lead, but Andrea Wilkinson countered with a jumper for Lawrence to give the Vikings their final lead of the game at 13-12. Cornell then scored the final 16 points of the first half for a 28-13 lead at the half.

Lawrence finally broke a scoreless drought of 8:21 with a Courtney Schmidt free throw 43 seconds into the second half, but the Rams just kept pulling away. The Rams would go on to lead by as many as 35 points.

Lawrence finishes its home schedule on Wednesday when it hosts Lake Forest College.

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BELOIT, Wis. — The Beloit College women’s basketball team pulled away midway through the first half and went on to a 79-51 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday at Flood Arena.

Lana Wieseman led Beloit with 16 points and eight rebounds, and Lauren McNanna added 14 points for the Bucs (6-14, 6-9 MWC).

Alex Deshler paced Lawrence with 14 points, tied for game-high honors with eight rebounds and handed out a game-high five assists. Kassidy Rinehart added 11 points for the Vikings (3-17, 1-14).

Beloit led 18-12 with 12 minutes left in the first half when the Bucs went on an 11-2 run over the next four minutes to pull out to a 29-14 edge.

The Bucs then put on another short burst at the end of the first half and led 46-25 at the break.

Lawrence whittled the lead back down to 16 points early in the second half, but the Bucs pulled away after that. Beloit would lead by as many as 31 points late in the game. 

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JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — The Illinois College women’s basketball team scored the first 15 points Saturday and went on to a 62-41 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University.

Brittany Burgess scored a game-high 23 points to lead Illinois College (11-8, 9-5 MWC), and Hannah McGinnis had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Alex Deshler paced Lawrence (3-16, 1-13) with 15 points, and Andrea Wilkinson added 14. Courtney Schmidt and Kassidy Rinehart grabbed six rebounds apiece for the Vikings.

Deshler now has 858 career points, and is just 11 points away from passing Carrie Van Groll for 10th place on Lawrence’s career scoring list.

After Lawrence stopped the early scoring run with Beth Hoster’s jumper, the Lady Blues scored the next eight points to build their biggest lead of the half at 23-2.

Lawrence finally found its shooting touch and finished the first half strong. The Vikings outscored Illinois College 17-8 over the final 8:31 to cut the lead to 31-19 at the break. Deshler scored 11 points during that stretch and Wilkinson added six.

The Vikings edged closer in the second half with the help six consecutive points that trimmed the lead to 38-27 with 13:40 remaining. Illinois College finally put the Vikings away by scoring the game’s next 17 points.

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APPLETON, Wis. — Heidi Van Sistine was perfect from the floor on Wednesday to lead the St. Norbert College women’s basketball team to a 66-37 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Van Sistine, a sophomore center, went 8-for-8 from the floor on her way to a game-high 16 points for St. Norbert (15-4, 12-2 MWC). Brianna Byrne came off the bench to add 13 points for the Green Knights and Morgan Heim had 12.

Alex Deshler scored 14 points and pulled down a game-high eight rebounds for Lawrence (3-15, 1-12). Patsy Kealey and Andrea Wilkinson added eight points apiece for the Vikings. Kealey also had five rebounds and a game-high four steals.

St. Norbert, which is tied for first place in the conference, jumped out to a 22-10 lead before the Vikings rallied. Deshler scored six points and Wilkinson added a jumper as part of an 8-0 Lawrence run that trimmed the lead to 22-18.

The Green Knights responded by going on a 17-2 run over the final 7:00 of the first half to stretch the lead to 39-20 at the half.

St. Norbert, which shot 52.9 percent from the floor for the game, then scored the first six points of the second half to pull out to a 45-22 advantage. The Green Knights would go on to lead by as many as 35 points in the second half.

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APPLETON, Wis. — The Monmouth College women’s basketball team held off a scrappy Lawrence University squad on Saturday and posted a 68-46 Midwest Conference victory at Alexander Gymnasium.

Paige Nord and Kaley Corban led Monmouth with 12 points apiece, and Marla Willard added 10 points for the Scots (14-4, 10-3 MWC).

Alex Deshler led Lawrence (3-14, 1-11) and all scorers with 18 points, and Katie Schumacher pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds for the Vikings.

The Scots had pulled out to a 25-14 lead late in the first half before the Vikings rallied. Lawrence ripped off nine consecutive points, started by Deshler’s 3-pointer and capped by a pair of Patsy Kealey free throws with 2:18 left, to cut the lead to 25-23.

Kim Coleman’s jumper stopped the run for Monmouth, and the Scots led 31-25 at the break.

Monmouth slowly stretched the lead to 46-31 at the 11:43 mark of the second half, but another Deshler 3-point prompted another short scoring run. The Vikings got a jumper from Courtney Schmidt and a fastbreak layup from Kealey to cut the lead to 48-38 with 8:42 remaining.

Monmouth took a timeout and then finally pulled away. The Scots went on a 13-3 run to grab a 61-41 lead with 5:25 left. Lawrence didn’t get closer than 19 points the rest of the way.

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