LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University women's basketball team lost for the first time this season on Tuesday night, falling in the home opener to visiting North Central College.

FINAL SCORE
North Central 97, Benedictine 89

THE DETAILS
• North Central plays a women's version of 'The System', and up-tempo game that features full court press, line changes, quick shots, and lots of three-pointers
• Benedictine jumped out of the gates, vaulting to a lead of 8-2
• Alena Moro dropped in a layup with 7:46 left in the first quarter to make the score 8-2
• North Central came back to even the contest at 10-10 and led for the first time at 15-14 with 4:58 to go in the first
• The visitors scored five straight at one point, building a 23-16 edge and led 24-21 after the first
• D'Asia Williams nailed a jumper to start the second and Andrea Fuoss connected on a free throw to tie the game
• North Central struck for seven straight before a counter punch saw Benedictine score nine in a row
• Fuoss scored the first four points of the run while a triple from Venita Parsons made the score 33-31 with 6:42 remaining in the half
• Every time Benedictine went on a run, the North Central press created turnovers and countered with a run as well
• A three-pointer handed North Central a 42-35 lead but a 7-0 run evened the game before North Central pulled ahead late in the half, leading 53-48 at the break
• Benedictine scored the first eight points of the third to open a 56-53 edge; Williams and Moro each scored four during the stretch
• 19 consecutive points scored for North Central, taking control with a 72-56 lead at the 2:59 marker of the third
• Moro converted on a layup with 6:59 left to whittle the deficit down to 82-77, but Benedictine could pull no closer

STAT LEADERS
• North Central scored 48 points off of 38 turnovers
• Benedictine tallied 68 points in the paint and held a 71-48 advantage on the glass
• The contest saw six ties and five lead changes
• Moro poured in a career high 24 points, making 12 field goals
• Moro also added 14 rebounds and has become one of the top rebounders in the conference
• Williams added 21 points
• Samantha McCarthy notched 12 points and 13 rebounds
• Fuoss came off the bench to finish with 13, the fourth player in double figures



UP NEXT
Benedictine (3-1) opens conference play on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. against Aurora