Women’s Basketball

Category: Women’s Basketball

Beloit rallies to top Vikings

BELOIT, Wis. — The Beloit College women’s basketball team rallied from down double digits in the first half to post a 71-64 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday at Flood Arena.

Kandace Fox scored 18 points and Lauren McNanna added 14 to lead Beloit (4-7, 1-5 MWC).

Chioma Ejimkonye led Lawrence (1-9, 1-4) with 17 points, and Kassidy Rinehart added 13. Alex Deshler chipped in with 11 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds for the Vikings.

Lawrence jumped out to an early lead, and the Vikings went on a 6-0 run, capped by four consecutive points from Bethany Hoster, to lead 15-5 with 13:31 left in the first half.

The Vikings built that lead to as many as 13 points and led 26-16 after a pair of Deshler free throws with 5:43 left in the opening half. Beloit then hit its next five shots from the floor and closed out the half on an 18-3 run to grab a 34-29 lead at the half.

Lawrence trimmed Beloit’s lead to 44-43 after Amber Lisowe’s three-point play with 13:49 left in the contest. Beloit then scored the game’s next nine points to retake control.

Beloit built its lead to as many as 13 points, and the Vikings trimmed the lead to six on two occasions but could get no closer.

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

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Big second half leads seventh-ranked Pointers past Lawrence

STEVENS POINT, Wis. — The No. 7 UW-Stevens Point women’s basketball team used a big second half to record a 74-38 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday night at Berg Gymnasium.

Cassie Bandow paced the Pointers (10-0) with 15 points and Brittni Buechel added 10.

Amber Lisowe led Lawrence (1-8) with 15 points and she grabbed five rebounds. Alex Deshler and Presley Neuman both added six points and tied for game-high honors with seven rebounds.

The Pointers led by as many as nine points in the first half before the Vikings rallied. Stevens Point led 16-7 before the Vikings went on a 12-3 run and tied the game at 19-19 on Deshler’s layup with 5:11 left in the first half. Lisowe scored eight points during that run.

Stevens Point regained the lead on Bandow’s layup and led 26-21 at the half.

The Pointers took command of the game in the early portion of the second half. Stevens Point went on a 14-0 run to take a 48-27 lead with just under 12 minutes remaining.

Lawrence never got closer than 16 points the rest of the way.

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Monmouth tops Vikings

MONMOUTH, Ill. — Four Monmouth College women’s basketball players scored in double figures as the Scots beat Lawrence University 97-31 in a Midwest Conference game on Friday night at Glennie Gymnasium.

Haley Jones paced the Scots (4-3, 3-1 MWC) with 13 points. Colleen Forrest added 12 points, Kathleen Forrest had 11 and Kaley Corban had 10. Fourteen players scored for Monmouth.

Amber Lisowe led Lawrence (1-7, 1-3) with 10 points. Alex Deshler pulled down a game-high nine rebounds for the Vikings.

Lawrence had an absolutely frigid shooting night. The Vikings were only 9-for-53 (17 percent) from the floor. Lawrence went 0-for-22 from beyond the 3-point line. Cathy Kaye was the only Lawrence player that had a solid night shooting the ball. Kaye finished with eight points of 4 of 8 shooting.

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Vikings earn first victory of season by downing Knox

The Lawrence University women’s basketball team picked up its first victory of the season with a stirring 81-77 Midwest Conference win over Knox College on Tuesday night at Alexander Gymnasium.

The victory snapped a 31-game winless streak for the Vikings. It was Lawrence’s first victory since an 88-68 victory at Silver Lake College on Feb. 15, 2010. It also marked Lawrence’s first Midwest Conference victory since a 62-53 victory over Knox on Jan. 19, 2008. Lawrence had gone 62 league games without a victory.

Lawrence (1-6, 1-2 MWC) got a double-double from guard Alex Deshler with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Freshman guard Chioma Ejimkonye paced the Vikings with 20 points and added eight rebounds. Cathy Kaye chipped in with 16 points and seven rebounds.

Kelly Ricketts paced Knox (1-7, 1-4) with 14 points and six rebounds. Krystyna Williams added 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Prairie Fire.

Knox rallied in the second half and had its biggest lead of the game at 66-61 with 5:24 remaining. The Vikings battled back and took a 75-74 lead on a pair of Deshler free throws with 1:47 remaining.

Knox missed a pair of shots, and Deshler grabbed the rebound for the Vikings. Amber Lisowe then buried a 3-pointer from the left wing with 55 seconds left to give Lawrence a 78-74 lead.

After a pair of missed 3-pointers by Knox, an offensive foul gave Lawrence the ball back with 29 seconds left. Lisowe was fouled with 29 seconds left and made one free throw to give the Vikings a 79-74 lead.

Knox trimmed the lead to 79-77 when Ricketts hit a 3-pointer with 20 seconds remaining. Knox then committed an intentional foul, and Deshler made one free throw with 11 seconds left to put Lawrence up 80-77. Knox then fouled Ejimkonye with nine seconds left and she made one free throw to seal the victory.

Playing against Knox’s pressing, uptempo style, Lawrence shot 47.1 percent from the floor in the first half. The Vikings went 6-for-7 on 3-pointers in the first half to build a 42-27 lead at the break.

Knox opened the second half on a 12-3 run to trim the lead to 45-39 with 14:53 remaining. After Kaye hit a 3-pointer to give Lawrence a 52-45 lead, Knox scored the game’s next seven points to tie the game at 52-52 with 10:20 left. Knox built its lead to as many as five points before Lawrence rallied for the victory.

Lawrence hits the road to face Monmouth College on Friday.

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Big second half leads Southeastern past Lawrence

LAKELAND, Fla. — The Southeastern University women’s basketball team enjoyed a hot second half shooting the ball and went on to a 73-57 nonconference victory over Lawrence University on Wednesday night.

Southeastern (2-6) went 21-for-33 from the floor (63.6 percent) in the second half to pull away from Lawrence (0-6).

Ciara Carter scored 14 points to lead four Southeastern players in double figures.

Amber Lisowe scored 20 points to pace the Vikings, and Cathy Kaye added 14 points. Chioma Ejimkonye chipped in with nine points for the Vikings, and Presley Neuman grabbed a game-high six rebounds.

Lawrence played a tight first half with the Fire, and Southeastern led only 26-25 at the break. Southeastern’s hot shooting allowed it to build a 51-37 lead, but Lawrence went on a 7-2 run to trim the advantage to 53-44 with 7:10 left.

The Fire then went on a 14-4 run to extend its lead to 19 points at 67-48 and seal the victory.

Lawrence returns to action at home on Dec. 13 when it hosts Knox College in a Midwest Conference game.

Vikings fall to Clearwater Christian in overtime

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team dropped a 66-64 overtime decision to Clearwater Christian College in a nonconference game on Tuesday.

Sophomore guard Alex Deshler scored 25 points to pace the Vikings (0-5). Cathy Kaye added 11 points, and Amber Lisowe had nine. Deshler and Presley Neuman led the Vikings with nine rebounds apiece.

Lawrence led 27-22 at the break, and the Vikings were able to build the lead to double digits before Clearwater Christian (1-3), a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association, rallied. Lawrence freshman guard Chioma Ejimkonye had to hit a pair of free throws in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime.

Clearwater Christian led by four late in the overtime when Deshler drained a 3-pointer for the Vikings to trim the lead to one, but that’s as close as the Vikings would get. The Cougars followed with a pair of free throws in the final seconds to seal the victory.

Lawrence returns to action on Wednesday when it plays at Southeastern University.

Foresters topple Lawrence

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Lake Forest College women’s basketball team got off to an early lead and pulled away in a 73-48 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Saturday.

Sam Schuring paced Lake Forest (4-2, 3-0 MWC) with 15 points, and Rose Coll came off the bench to add 12 points.

Chioma Ejimkonye led Lawrence (0-4, 0-2) with 15 points, and Amber Lisowe added 14. Freshman Presley Neuman pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds for the Vikings to go along with nine points.

Lake Forest scored the game’s first six points and had bolted out to a double-digit lead by the 14:30 mark. Lawrence battled back to trim the margin to eight points late in the first half, and Lake Forest forged a 39-26 lead at the break.

Lake Forest went on a 7-0 run midway through the second half to grab a 53-30 lead, and the Vikings couldn’t recover. The Foresters would go on to lead by as many as 27 points, courtesy of a pair of 3-pointers in the final minute.

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