MILWAUKEE, WI - The Benedictine University women's basketball team scored more points in the final 10 minutes than the previous 30 to pull away from MSOE and score a conference road win.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 55, MSOE 43

THE DETAILS
- Both teams struggled to make shots throughout the first half
- Benedictine fell behind 4-1 in the opening quarter but led 12-10 at the end of the first
- MSOE scored the first four points of the second quarter to move ahead 14-12 before the tea,s slowed down again
- The hosts led 18-15 at the half and led by four early in the third quarter before Brilan McCory opened a 7-0 run as Benedictine led 24-21
- Hanna Piro hit a three in the final moments of the quarter to send the game to the fourth even at 27
- A pair of free throws from Britney Pitzer with 7:52 left opened an 8-0 run as Benedictine opened a 37-31 lead
- McCory scored the first five points of a 9-0 run finished on a layup from Alex Fanning with 3:01 left as Benedictine opened a double-digit lead at 46-34
- Benedictine went on to lead by as many as 15 points in grabbing the win, scoring 28 points in the fourth

STAT LEADERS
- Benedictine made only one field goal in the second quarter and three in the third but shot 55.5 percent in the fourth to finish at 33.3 percent
- Benedictine finished +14 on the glass at 45-31
- Benedictine shot just 16 percent from behind the arc as the team continues to struggle from long range
- Benedictine was 13-of-15 at the line
- McCory was the only player from either side to reach double digits, netting 21 with seven rebounds, three assists and three steals
- Fanning notched nine points to go with 14 rebounds, three steals, two blocks and two assists
- Pitzer logged nine points with eight boards

UP NEXT
Benedictine (5-5, 3-1 NACC) is off for finals next week before hosting Calvin at 1:30pm on December 21 in the final non-conference game.