LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University women's basketball team stormed out to a 10-0 lead but needed to withstand a second half rally by visiting Lakeland University to win a third straight.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 56, Lakeland 48

THE DETAILS
• Claire Gibler scored the first eight points of the game including back-to-back threes to open the contest as Benedictine surged to an early 10-0 lead
• Benedictine would not trail in the game, but did not score again in the opening quarter after a layup from Allison Michalski with 6:27 left
• While Benedictine was struggling to score, Lakeland could not connect on a shot, opening the game 1-for-27
• Britney Pitzer hit a three-pointer at the 6:24 mark of the second quarter as Benedictine led 19-2
• Lakeland started to hit shots, pulling within 27-15 at halftime
• A big third quarter enabled the visitors to battle within 37-36 in the final minute of the quarter, but a big three from Brianna Lake made the score 42-36 heading to the final 10 minutes
• Benedictine scored the first five points of the fourth including another three from Lake to again lead by double figures at 47-36
• Lakeland clawed within seven points midway through the fourth but Benedictine again stretched the margin to double figures

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine shot 40.7 percent from the floor for the game while holding Lakeland to just 26.9 percent
• Benedictine held a 47-42 edge on the glass
• Michalski led all scorers with 20 points, adding 13 rebounds
• Gibler contributed 15 while Alex Fanning grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked five shots

UP NEXT
Benedictine (4-1, 2-0 NACC) hosts Dominican next Saturday afternoon on alumni day. RSVP for the Alumni Game.