FOND DU LAC - Marian University women's basketball (3-8, 1-1 NACC) fell in overtime to Lawrence by a final of 80-75.
- The Vikings came out firing and quickly jumped out to a 14-3 lead.
- Marian was able to tie the game with a 13-2 spurt, but the Vikings went into the second quarter leading 18-16.
- The Sabres scored the first seven points of the second quarter to lead 23-18.
- From there, the two squads traded the lead before a run of six unanswered points from the Sabres put Marian ahead 33-30 at halftime.
- Another strong start to the third put Marian ahead 39-30 with six unanswered points.
- Lawrence had a response with an 11-3 spurt to only trail by one.
- A late three-pointers from freshman Taycee Schwanke put Marian ahead 51-50 heading into the final period of regulation.
- The Vikings had a strong start to the final quarter and led 60-54 with 6:39 to play.
- Marian scored seven unanswered points in response and led 61-60.
- The Sabres led by three but a triple from Lawrence with 6.6 seconds left sent the game to overtime.
- Using the momentum shift, Lawrence never trailed in the overtime with the final settling at 80-75.
- Marian shot 20-of-60 (.333) in the game at 10-of-30 (.333) from beyond the arc.
- Lawrence went 31-of-71 (.437) from the field and 4-of-16 (.250) on three-point attempts.
- Marian was limited to just 1-of-5 (.200) shooting in overtime.
- From the charity stripe, the Sabres were 25-for-30 (.833).
- Lawrence held a hefty 50-16 advantage for points in the paint.
- The Sabres outscored the Vikings 15-10 in second chance points.
- Marian is now 11-19 all-time against Lawrence having dropped the last four meetings.
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Senior Lyla Bartol scored a career-high 27 points after hitting six three-pointers. She also had three steals. |
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Senior Lexi Brakebush had 12 points to go with three steals. |
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Freshman Nyedeng Awak tied a career-high with 13 rebounds. |
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Wednesday, January 8
Sadoff Gym
7:45 p.m. |
