Women’s Basketball

WAUKESHA, Wis. — The Carroll University women’s basketball team scored the game’s first 16 points and rolled to a 67-32 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Tuesday at Van Male Fieldhouse.

Ashley Janczewski paced Carroll (11-6, 8-4 MWC) with 13 points, and Breann Maryanski added 12.

Kassidy Rinehart led Lawrence (3-13, 1-10) with 10 points, and Alex Deshler added eight points and tied for game-high honors with six rebounds.

Lawrence didn’t score until Rinehart’s layup with 14:45 left in the first half. The Pioneers started the game with a 33-6 edge and went on to lead 44-15 at the half.

Carroll would lead by as many as 39 points in the second half.

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APPLETON, Wis. — The Knox College women’s basketball team rallied midway through the second half and went on to an 86-75 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Jodi Marver led Knox (4-11, 2-8 MWC) with 19 points, and Jamie Blue came off the bench to score 13 points.

Katie Schumacher led Lawrence (3-12, 1-9) with a double-double as she posted game highs of 20 points and 13 rebounds. Patsy Kealey added 14 points and nine rebounds for the Vikings, and Alex Deshler had 13 points and tied for game-high honors with five assists.

The game was tied 34-34 at the half, but Lawrence was able to pull out to a seven-point lead. The Vikings were up 44-42 before an 8-3 run, capped by a pair of Bethany Hoster free throws, gave Lawrence a 52-45 lead with 15:14 left.

Over the next five minutes, Knox hit five 3-pointers as part of a 19-2 run. Five different players hit a 3-pointer in that stretch for Knox, and it was Aly Eastman’s trey that capped the run and gave the Prairie Fire a 65-54 lead with 9:59 left.

Andrea Wilkinson’s layup trimmed the lead to nine at 65-56, but that’s as close as the Vikings would get. Knox built the lead back to 15 points, and Lawrence  cut the margin to 83-73 but got no closer.

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

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RIPON, Wis. — Kacie Cullen scored 14 points to lead the Ripon College women’s basketball team to a 60-36 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday night at the Storzer Center.

Sia Gonyo added 13 for Ripon (6-9, 6-4 MWC). Andrea Wilkinson paced Lawrence (3-11, 1-8) with 11 points, and Patsy Kealey added nine points for the Vikings.

Ripon pulled away early and led by 10 points a little more than seven minutes into the game. The Red Hawks led by as many as 19 points in the first half, but the Vikings got jumpers from Katie Schumacher, Kealey and Wilkinson to trim the margin to 33-20 at the half.

Ripon then scored the first 10 points of the second half to build the margin to 43-20 and seal the victory. The Red Hawks would lead by as many as 32 points.

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APPLETON, Wis. — The Grinnell College women’s basketball team held off a late run by Lawrence University and posted a 62-48 Midwest Conference victory on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Alissa Hirsh led Grinnell (2-12, 1-8 MWC) and all scorers with 20 points. Abby Jaeger added 15 points for the Pioneers and Anne Boldt had 11. Both Jaeger and Boldt had a team-high nine rebounds.

Alex Deshler posted a double-double for Lawrence (3-10, 1-7) with 14 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.

Lawrence trailed 31-42 with 8:40 remaining, but the Vikings edged closer over the next few minutes. Andrea Wilkinson had a putback layup, and Courtney Schmidt followed with a pair of free throws to trim Grinnell’s lead to 42-35.

After a Grinnell turnover, Katie Schumacher’s layup off a pass from Patsy Kealey cut the margin to 42-37 with 5:43 left. That’s as close as the Vikings would get as Hirsh took the game over the next minute.

Hirsh hit a jumper and then got a three-point play after a Lawrence turnover to push the lead back to 47-37 with 4:45 left. The Vikings got as close as eight points twice, the last time on Deshler’s reverse layup with 1:25 left, but could get no closer.

Lawrence lost despite a dominating performance on the boards with a 54-39 edge and taking 10 more shots from the floor. The Vikings shot just 23.9 percent from the floor and hit on only 1-of-14 shots from beyond the arc.

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LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Lake Forest College women’s basketball team pulled away early and rolled to an 80-44 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Tuesday.

Sam Cady and K.C. Stralka scored 19 points apiece to lead the Foresters (2-11, 2-6 MWC). Sam Schuring added 10 points, six assists and five steals for the Foresters.

Alex Deshler paced Lawrence (3-9, 1-6) with 12 points and seven rebounds.

The Foresters went on an early 11-0 run, and Lake Forest led by double digits less than nine minutes into the game. The Foresters built a 44-18 lead at the half.

Lake Forest would lead by as many as 41 points in the second half.

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APPLETON, Wis. — The Ripon College women’s basketball team overcame a slow start and went on to a 55-34 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Saturday at Alexander Gymnasium.

Kacie Cullien went 4-for-9 from 3-point range and led Ripon (5-7, 5-2 MWC) with 14 points. Jill VanEperen went 2-for-10 from the floor but was a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line to add 10 points for the Red Hawks.

Alex Deshler led Lawrence (3-8, 1-5) with a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Lawrence went on an early 9-0 run, capped by Courtney Schmidt’s 3-pointer, to grab a 9-2 lead with 13:15 left in the opening half.

Ripon then used the long ball to retake the lead. The Red Hawks got three 3-pointers from Cullen and treys from Abby Thelen and Chelsea Moldenhauer to put together a 20-2 run for a 22-11 lead.

Lawrence scored the last four points of the half but trailed 22-15 at the break. Ripon steadily built its advantage in the second half and would lead by as many as 23 points.

Lawrence returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Lake Forest College.

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