LISLE, Ill. - The Benedictine University women's basketball team tailed virtually the entire contest in a 54-41 home loss to Concordia University Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon.
FINAL SCOREConcordia Wisconsin 54, Benedictine 41
THE DETAILS• Concordia Wisconsin scored the first nine points of the contest as Benedictine opened 0-for-7 from the field
• The visitors held a 13-2 lead with 2:49 to play in the first and led 15-8 after one quarter
• Alanna Ferry hit a jumper at the buzzer of the first quarter to open a 10-0 run for Benedictine that stretched into the second and handed Benedictine the lead
• Briana Hamilton connected on a jumper with 5:02 to play in the first half, capping the run to give Benedictine a 16-15 advantage
• Concordia Wisconsin responded with six straight points, the only points of the quarter, and led 21-18 at the break
• Nicole Botich opened the third quarter with a basket, drawing Benedictine within 21-20, but Concordia Wisconsin went on to lead by 10 after three
• Benedictine battled within five points at 41-36 with 3:47 to play but scored just five points the rest of the way, falling behind by as many as 14
• Concordia Wisconsin made just two field goals in the fourth but scored 14 points
FROM THE COACH"We didn't rebound well today," head coach
Charlie Averkamp said. "That only compounded the mistakes after falling behind early, although I was pleased with coming from behind in the second quarter."
STAT LEADERS• Botich was the only scorer from either side to reach double figures, tallying 10 to go with nine rebounds
• DeKayla Crayton came off the bench to score eight
• Benedictine shot only 30.9 percent from the floor in the contest and Concordia Wisconsin held a 44-32 edge on the glass
• Concordia Wisconsin shot 64 percent in the third quarter and finished the game at 37.7 percent
• The 41 points marked a season low
UP NEXTBenedictine (11-4, 8-2 NACC) hosts Aurora on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m.
