RIVER FOREST, IL - The Benedictine University women's basketball team remained unbeaten in the NACC by scratching out a win at Dominican University.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 49, Dominican 44

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine scored the first eight points of the game with the first three from Allison Michalski and the next five from Hanna Piro
• Dominican came all the way back to take a brief 11-10 lead at the halfway point of the first quarter
• Benedictine led 15-11 after the first and scored the first seven points of the second to open a 22-11 edge
• The lead grew to 13 points on a three-pointer from Britney Pitzer and Benedictine held a 31-21 lead at the break
• The hosts slowly chipped away in the third, pulling within 34-33 at the 5:41 mark
• Benedictine closed the quarter with seven in a row to lead 41-33 heading to the final 10 minutes
• Dominican tied the game by scoring the first seven points of the fourth before a three-pointer from Claire Gibler
• Neither team scored for the next three minutes before a three evened the game at 44-44
• Pitzer knocked down a three to put Benedictine ahead for good and added two free throws in the final seconds to account for the final
• The tempo of the second half slowed down with both teams tightening up on defense
• The 48 points marked the second lowest total of the year
• Benedictine remains the only unbeaten team in the NACC with a two-game lead over everyone else after running through three straight games against top of the conference teams
• The team has won a season best eight games in a row
• The contest marked the first of three in a row on the road

STAT LEADERS
• Benedictine shot 25 percent in the game with Dominican sitting at 24.7 percent
• Benedictine won despite shooting just 11.7 percent in the fourth quarter (2-for-17)
• Benedictine finished 11-for-15 from the free throw line
• Michalski and Pitzer both finished with 14 points with Michalski grabbing 12 boards for a double-double
• Alex Fanning notched nine points and grabbed a career high 18 rebounds while blocking four shots

UP NEXT
Benedictine (15-2, 12-0 NACC) travels to Alverno on Thursday night