LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University women's basketball team dropped consecutive games for the first time this season, suffering a home defeat at the hands of Concordia University Chicago.

FINAL SCORE
Concordia Chicago 70, Benedictine 52

THE DETAILS
• D'Asia Williams tallied the first four points of the game as Benedictine got off to a strong start
• The remainder of the first quarter was nip and tuck, ending in a 12-12 tie
• Roxanna Gaddis broke a 14-14 deadlock with a three-pointer to put Benedictine in front 17-14 early in the second
• Georgia Alexakos and Alena Moro would make consecutive layups to hand the hosts a 21-16 lead
• Concordia Chicago came back to even the score at 24-24 with 4:09 to play in the first half
• Four straight points from Williams enabled Benedictine to open a 28-24 edge
• Benedictine would lead 31-28 at halftime
• The second half proved to be the difference as Concordia Chicago held Benedictine in check
• Casey Williams pushed the lead to five to open the third quarter and a jumper from D'Asia Williams with 6:39 remaining in the quarter made the score 36-31
• With the game tied at 42-42, the visitors notched the final eight points of the third to lead 50-42
• Gaddis made another triple early in the fourth, but Concordia Chicago continued the run to 18-3, moving ahead 60-45 with just over six minutes remaining
• Benedictine pulled within 10 points with 3:53 to play but could get no closer
• Benedictine made just two field goals in the fourth quarter and scored only 21 points in the second half
• A tight contest for most of the evening saw 12 ties and seven lead changes
• After failing to connect on a three-pointer in the first half, Concordia Chicago finished 9-for-13 in the second
• The defeat marked the first time this year that Benedictine has suffered back-to-back losses

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine shot just 28.6 percent for the game
• The top rebounding team in the conference, Benedictine held a 48-43 edge
• The bench contributed 22 points but Benedictine turned the ball over 20 times
• D'Asia Williams finished with 18 points to pace Benedictine
• Gaddis tallied 12 off the bench while Moro finished with a game high 11 rebounds, 10 on the defensive end

UP NEXT
Benedictine (11-3, 7-2) travels to Concordia Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon for the second meeting of the season. Benedictine won the first game at home 57-52.