Women’s Basketball

Category: Women’s Basketball

Big third quarter pushes Carroll past Vikings

APPLETON, Wis. — The Carroll University women’s basketball team used a big third quarter Wednesday to break open a close game and go on to a 61-41 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University at Alexander Gymnasium.

The Pioneers led by just five points at the half but outscored the Vikings 20-5 in the third quarter to pull away.

Brittany Wald scored 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the floor to lead Carroll (8-14, 7-10 MWC). Wald went 9-for-10 from the floor and scored 20 points in the second half.

Andrea Wilkinson paced Lawrence (0-22, 0-17) with 11 points, and Patsy Kealey and Olivia Hoesley added eight points apiece.

Carroll opened the second half by scoring 10 consecutive points, capped by Wald’s layup, to take a 41-26 lead. Over the same stretch, Lawrence went 0-for-4 from the floor with three turnovers.

Liz Arco’s layup with 6:34 left in the third quarter stopped Carroll’s run, but Lawrence managed just three more points over the rest of the period. The Vikings hit just 2-of-11 shots from the floor and turned the ball over six times in the quarter. Carroll led 51-31 after three quarters.

The Vikings then played Carroll evenly in the fourth quarter but got no closer than 16 points in the final period.

Lawrence jumped out to a 12-5 lead to start the game with Fanita Robins’ layup giving the Vikings an early seven-point lead. The Pioneers then scored the game’s next 10 points to grab a 15-12 lead, but Natalie Kramer’s layup cut the advantage to 15-14 after one quarter.

Carroll stretched the lead to 29-22 with 3:39 left in the second quarter, but the Vikings got layups from Wilkinson and Arco to trim the margin to 29-26 with 57 seconds left. Malory Christenson countered with a layup to give Carroll a 31-26 lead at the half.

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Beloit runs past Vikings with big second quarter

APPLETON, Wis. — A big second quarter lead the Beloit College women’s basketball team to a 68-49 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University on Tuesday at Alexander Gymnasium.

The Bucs (8-13, 6-10 MWC) outscored Lawrence (0-21, 0-16) 23-10 in the second quarter to build a 36-21 lead at the break. The Vikings closed to within 12 points early in the fourth quarter before the Bucs pulled away.

Lana Wieseman led Beloit with 17 points and nine rebounds. Nora Polaski added 11 points and Laura Panicali had 10 for the Bucs.

Patsy Kealey paced Lawrence with 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists. Aubrey Scott chipped in with nine points and four rebounds for the Vikings.

Lawrence closed the first quarter with a 3-pointer from Olivia Hoesley and a jumper from Lauren Deveikis to cut the lead to 13-11 after one period.

Beloit went on a 13-3 run over the first four minutes of the second quarter to push the lead to 28-14. The Bucs went up by 17 at 36-19 before settling for a 15-point lead at the half.

Lawrence was down 43-24 in the third quarter before going on a 7-0 run, capped by Kealey’s layup, to cut the margin to 43-30. Beloit built the lead back to 51-34 before Lawrence got a three-point play from Kealey to end the third quarter and a jumper from Deveikis to start the fourth.

Deveikis’ jumper trimmed the margin to 51-39, but Beloit responded with an 11-2 run over the next four minutes to seal the victory.

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Lawrence edged by Lady Blues

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — The Illinois College women’s basketball team turned away a strong challenge from Lawrence University on Saturday and posted a 58-44 Midwest Conference victory at Sherman Gymnasium.

Brielle Greenleaf and Sydney Lett scored 12 points apiece to pace Illinois College (10-10, 7-8 MWC), and Shannen Quehl grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.

Liz Arco posted a double-double for the Vikings (0-20, 0-15) with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Patsy Kealey had 11 points for Lawrence, and Olivia Hoesley came off the bench to add 10 points.

The Lady Blues had a four-point edge at the half, but Lawrence trimmed the margin to 30-28 following Arco’s layup and Hoesley’s 3-pointer near the end of the third quarter. The Lady Blues scored the final four points of the period to push the lead back to 24-28.

Illinois College led by seven early in the fourth quarter, but Hoesley hit another 3-pointer and Kealey added a jumper to help cut the margin to 37-33 with 7:47 left.

Illinois College responded with a 9-4 run, capped by Greenleaf’s 3-pointer, to finally take control. The 14-point margin of victory was the largest lead of the game for the Lady Blues.

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Lawrence women’s basketball to ‘Play For Patrick’

The Lawrence women's basketball team will raise money to benefit Patrick Fridland, second from left, at its game vs. Beloit College on Feb. 9.
The Lawrence women’s basketball team will raise money to benefit Patrick Fridland, second from left, at its game vs. Beloit College on Feb. 9.

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team will “Play for Patrick” when the Vikings take on Beloit College on Tuesday (Feb. 9) at Alexander Gymnasium.

The Vikings are attempting to raise money and awareness for 21-year-old Patrick Fridland, a De Pere native. Fridland was diagnosed in September 2015 with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. Cash donations will be accepted throughout the evening.

The game against Beloit begins at 7:30 p.m. and is preceded by the men’s contest vs. the Buccaneers at 5:30 p.m. There is no admission fee for Lawrence basketball.

Osteosarcoma occurs mostly in children and young adults and attacks bones that are growing quickly. It most commonly attacks areas around the knee or shoulder.

Fridland’s connection to Lawrence women’s basketball comes through Vikings junior guard Aubrey Scott, a family friend. A standout golfer and graduate of De Pere High School, Fridland was attending UW-Whitewater when he was diagnosed.

Fridland, whose cancer was found in his leg, went through chemotherapy from September to January. He also had surgery to remove the tumor in early January and had his leg amputated. He is currently undergoing additional chemotherapy.

Donations will be used to help Fridland purchase a prosthetic leg and benefit the Children’s Cancer Research Fund. T-shirts for the event will be on sale for $15 or you can purchase two shirts for $25.

Big first half leads St. Norbert past Vikings

APPLETON, Wis. — The St. Norbert College women’s basketball team jumped out to a big first-half lead Wednesday and went on to an 81-49 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University at Alexander Gymnasium.

The Green Knights (15-4, 14-0 MWC) led 25-13 after the first quarter and finished the second quarter with a 16-2 run to build a 51-21 lead at the half.

Mallory Nickerson and Rachel Hagge scored 14 points apiece to lead St. Norbert, and Nickerson added a game-high eight rebounds.

Liz Arco came off the bench to pace Lawrence (0-19, 0-14) with nine points, and Patsy Kealey added eight points, seven rebounds and five steals.

The Green Knights shot 51.4 percent from the floor in the first half and went 11-for-13 from the foul line on their way to building the big advantage.

Lawrence hung with league-leading St. Norbert in the second half. The Vikings trimmed the lead to 25 points near the end of the third quarter, but St. Norbert would go on to lead by as many as 36 in the fourth quarter before settling for the final margin.

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Women’s basketball preview: Lawrence vs. St. Norbert, at Illinois College

APPLETON, Wis. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team faces a tough test at home and a long road trip this week. Lawrence takes on the top team in the Midwest Conference, St. Norbert College, on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Alexander Gymnasium. The Vikings then travel the southernmost outpost of the MWC, Illinois College, for a 3 p.m. game on Saturday.

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Quick start leads Knox past Vikings

GALESBURG, Ill. — The Knox College women’s basketball team got off to a quick start in each half Saturday and rode that to an 86-62 Midwest Conference victory over Lawrence University.

Jamie Blue and Hailey Leinart scored 16 points apiece to pace Knox (10-7, 5-7 MWC).

Andrea Wilkinson posted a double-double with a team-high 14 points and game-high 10 rebounds for the Vikings (0-18, 0-13).

In what has become an all-too-familiar storyline for the Vikings, Lawrence fell behind by double digits early. Knox led by 10 points just six minutes into the game and had a 23-10 advantage after the first quarter.

The Vikings were down by 16 when they battled back in the second quarter. Lawrence got four points from Natalie Kramer and a 3-pointer from Nicole Cummins as part of 9-2 run that cut the lead to 30-21.

Knox then countered by outscoring the Vikings 9-3 over the final 1:42 of the second quarter to lead 41-26 at halftime. The Prairie Fire then put the game away as it went on a 21-6 run over the final 4:30 of the third quarter for a 71-41 lead.

Lawrence never got closer than the final margin of 24 points the rest of the way.

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Hot-shooting Lake Forest downs Vikings

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Lake Forest College women’s basketball team rode a hot shooting night to a 91-50 Midwest Conference win over Lawrence University on Tuesday.

The Foresters shot 50.8 percent from the floor and connected on 14-of-26 shot (53.8 percent) from beyond the arc.

Tiffany Stiewe came off the bench to lead Lake Forest (9-7, 8-4 MWC) with 21 points as she went 7-for-8 from the floor, including 5-for-5 from 3-point range.

Andrea Wilkinson paced Lawrence (0-17, 0-12) with 15 points and she added six rebounds. Liz Arco added eight points, five rebounds, three steals and two assists for the Vikings.

Lake Forest jumped out to a 20-8 lead after the first quarter, but the Vikings did manage to cut that advantage to eight at 23-15 midway through the second. The Foresters then hit four 3-pointers in the final 3:18 of the second quarter to stretch the lead back to 37-22 at the half.

The Foresters steadily pulled away in the second half and went on to lead by as many as 43 points.

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