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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Despite taking a 34-32 halftime lead, the Benedictine University women's basketball team was outscored 46-17 in the second half, falling 78-51 to Wisconsin Lutheran College on Saturday afternoon in Northern Athletics Conference action.

 

Wisconsin Lutheran (10-1, 5-0) led for most of the first half, going up by as many as six. The Eagles ( 7-4, 3-2) tied the game with five minutes remaining with back-to-back three's from Brittany Armato and took a six point lead with just under a minute remaining.

 

Wisconsin Lutheran hit two jumpers with 30 seconds remaining to cut their deficit to 34-32 at the half.

 

The Warriors tied the game to start the second half and quickly jumped out to a 12-point lead with jumpers from Erika Laete.

 

Benedictine was just 5-for-27 from the field in the second half and 0-for-6 from behind the arc. Wisconsin Lutheran caught fire and went up by as many as 28 with three minutes left in the game, eventually taking home the 78-51 victory.

 

Tracey Walsh led the Eagle with 17 points while Karyn Conerty scored 10 points. Jenn Bren tallied six points and pulled down seven boards and Lidia Arias had six points and five rebounds.

 

As a team, Benedictine shot 29.6 percent (16-for-54) and was out-rebounded 46-29. Both teams had 16 turnovers.

 

The Warriors were led by Laete who scored a game high 18 points.

 

Benedictine women's basketball is back in action on Tuesday, January 11 when they travel to Dominican University for a 7:00 p.m. game.