LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University women's basketball team led wire-to-wire in securing a key conference win over visiting Lakeland University on Saturday.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 74, Lakeland 54

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine made shots on the first three possessions of the game to build an early 6-0 edge
• MaKayli Vann connected on a three-pointer with three minutes remaining in the opening quarter to give Benedictine a 15-5 lead and Benedictine held a 17-9 edge after one
• Benedictine opened the second quarter with nine straight points to open a 26-19 lead on a pair of free throws from Alex Fanning
• Britney Pitzer extended the lead to 20 points at the halfway point of the second with a three-pointer
• Benedictine held a 38-24 halftime lead and scored the first five points of the third to begin to pull away
• Elisa Diorio finished a 15-0 run with a transition three-pointer to put Benedictine ahead by 31 points and the visitors pulled no closer than 20 points the rest of the way

STAT LEADERS
• Five players reached double figures for Benedictine led by 17 from Fanning, who added 10 rebounds with two assists and a block
• D'Asia Williams finished with 15 points with Diorio adding 11 along with 10 from Allison Michalski and Pitzer
• Benedictine held Lakeland to just 28.6 percent shooting for the game and held a 48-45 edge on the glass
• Benedictine turned the ball over just seven times in reversing a loss from early in the season while scoring 32 points in the paint

UP NEXT
Benedictine (19-4, 15-3 NACC) begins the final week of the season with a visit to Concordia Chicago on Wednesday night.