The Benedictine University women's basketball team made a strong comeback effort in the fourth quarter but suffered a 71-60 loss on the road at Concordia Wisconsin in conference play on Saturday afternoon.
Concordia Wisconsin opened the scoring on their third trip up the floor. Benedictine evened the game on a bucket from
Allison Jarvis but the hosts scored the next six as Benedictine went nearly four minutes without a field goal. Trailing by as many as nine, Benedictine battled back to pull within 16-15 late in the opening quarter. Concordia Wisconsin scored 14 straight early in the second to lead by 15. The lead grew to 19 and Benedictine trailed 40-22 at the half. Benedictine was down by 27 in the third but closed on a 6-0 run. The run reached 12 as Benedictine netted the first six of the fourth.
Alexis Schueler hit a three in the final minute that brought Benedictine within 66-58, but the team could pull no closer.
Benedictine finished the game shooting 36.5 percent. Schueler paced Benedictine with 15 points, one of three to reach double figures.
Makenzie Carroll and
Cami Hurt both added 11 in the loss.
Benedictine (6-7, 2-2 NACC) hosts Dominican on Wednesday.
