Horizon League Women's Basketball Scoreboard (Dec. 8)
Cleveland State 87, Miami (Ohio) 75
#--/rv Green Bay 55, Marquette 46
Wright State 73, Akron 71
#8/8 Louisville 96, Valparaiso 40
Nebraska Omaha 65, Loyola 58
Toledo 83, Milwaukee 59
Cleveland State 87, Miami (Ohio) 75
With 29 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists Shalonda Winton became the fourth player in Cleveland State women's basketball history to record a triple-double, leading the Vikings past Miami (Ohio), 87-75.
Winton's triple-double against Miami marks the sixth all-time in program history and the first since the 2002-03 season when Ashley Schrock tallied 13 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists against Wright State. As of December 2, Winton is just the second player in the country to notch a triple-double this season.
Along with Winton CSU had four other players score in double-figures, including Kiersten Green who set a career-high with 17 points along with two assists and four steals. Cori Coleman and Honesty King each added 15 points, while Haley Schmitt posted 11 points on a 4-for-4 night from the field.With a trio of three-pointers from Green, Winton and Coleman the Vikings were able to jump out to an 11-0 lead just 2:48 into the contest and held the advantage for the remainder of the game.The closest Miami would come is 49-48 with 13:08 to play, but CSU would go on a 6-1 run and was never threatened by the RedHawks again.
#--/rv Green Bay 55, Marquette 46
Trailing 26-23 at the half, the Green Bay women's basketball team (6-2) put on a defensive display in the second half to defeat Marquette (4-4) 55-46 on the road on Saturday. The Phoenix forced 17 Marquette turnovers in the second half.
Green Bay opened the game on a 9-1 run, sparked by an Adrian Ritchie three and a transition layup by Breannah Ranger, forcing Marquette to call a timeout. The Golden Eagles responded with an 11-3 run to tie things up with 10:33 remaining in the half, and eventually took the lead on an 11-2 run late in the opening frame.
Marquette led by as many as seven before Kaili Lukan grabbed her first of a game-high six steals and laid it in on the other end. Older sister Megan Lukan found Ranger in transition seconds later to cut Marquette's lead to three going into the half.
Trailing 34-32 with 13:13 remaining, the Phoenix went on a 14-2 run over the next nine minutes to grab a 46-36 lead, forcing eight Marquette turnovers in the process and putting the game out of reach.
Marquette scored five points late in the game, but the Phoenix held on to grab its first win at the Al McGuire Center in program history while improving to 6-2 overall. Ritchie led Green Bay with 17 points while Sension pitched in 14. Kaili Lukan had career highs in both points and rebounds with six each, while older sister Megan had five assists and five steals. Lydia Bauer had a game-high 10 rebounds.
Wright State 73, Akron 71
The Wright State women's basketball team saw Akron erase a nine-point halftime deficit and go up one with 1:49 to play, but the Raiders outscored the Zips 5-2 the rest of the way to pull out a 73-71 win Saturday afternoon at Rhodes Arena.
A Breanna Stucke layup and an Ivory James three gave WSU a quick 5-0 lead, only to see Akron tie it at 10 thanks to three three-pointers. Wright State went back in front with six straight points, including back-to-back baskets by Kim Demmings, but the Zips responded with a 16-2 run, a run that featured four more three-pointers, to go up 26-18 with 8:32 remaining in the half.
The Raiders, though, eventually tied it again at 29 following a KC Elkins three-point play and that was the start of a 14-2 run to end the half with WSU up 40-31.
The margin was still nine at 57-48 on a Kayla Lamotte layup with 8:57 to play, but the Zips tallied seven consecutive points to close to within two and Akron eventually took a 69-68 lead on a Sina King putback with 1:49 left.
Demmings, however, gave the Raiders the lead for good with two foul shots at the 57.9-second mark and Stucke made it 72-69 with two more with 27.3 seconds to go. Kacie Cassell had a putback to cut the deficit to one before Lamotte hit one of two free throws at the 15.2-second mark.
Demmings led the Raiders with a season-high 25 points while Stucke posted her first career double-double of 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. James had 10 while Taylor Stanton added seven points and 11 boards.
Nebraska Omaha 65, Loyola 58
Loyola came all the way back from an 11-point deficit but Nebraska Omaha made the key plays down the stretch to hand the Ramblers a 65-58 defeat this afternoon at Sapp Fieldhouse in Omaha, Neb. Monica Albano poured in a game-high 21 points to lead Loyola.
Albano and Patrice King provided much of the offense for Loyola in the opening half, scoring LU's first nine points. The Ramblers took a 14-12 lead on a Lyndsey Booker three-pointer and enjoyed a 19-15 lead later on a King basket before going cold. Loyola managed just two field goals over the final 8:12 of the half as the Mavericks took a 28-24 lead into halftime.
Both teams started the second half hot with UNO opening a 39-31 lead less than four minutes into the period. Albano answered with a three-pointer before back-to-back treys gave the home team its largest lead of the day, 49-38, at the 11:50 mark. Loyola dug in defensively and was finally able to get into a flow on the offensive end and two Taylor Johnson baskets capped an 8-1 run that drew the Ramblers within four with 7:18 to play.
The visitors kept pushing, using another Albano triple and a put-back by King to take a 53-52 lead with 5:15 on the clock. The teams traded baskets to 55-54 and Omaha regained the lead on a follow-up basket with just under three minutes left. After a couple of empty possessions both ways, UNO's Paige Frauendorfer converted a big, conventional three-point play to bump the lead to four with 1:30 to go and Loyola would get no closer than three the rest of the way, with the Mavericks sealing the game with four free throws in the final 16 seconds.
Albano buried five three-pointers en route to her 21 points. She also added six rebounds and a pair of steals to lead the way. King was efficient, finishing with 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting while added five rebounds and four assists, while Skube also reached double figures, scoring 10 of her 12 points in the second half.
Toledo 83, Milwaukee 59
It was a tale of two halves, as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's basketball team outplayed the University of Toledo in the second, but an early deficit and a season-high 24 turnovers were too much to overcome in an 83-59 loss Saturday afternoon at Savage Arena.
The Panthers allowed the Rockets (7-1) to get off to a quick start, scoring 52 points in the first half in trailing from the start.
Junior Angela Rodriguez led the Panthers with 13 points as a trio finished in double-figures. Senior Sami Tucker finished with 11 points and seven rebounds while junior Emily Decorah added 10. Freshman Avyanna Young also chipped in five points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.
Freshman Sydney Howard had six points and a pair of steals off the bench, with sophomore Macie Dorow finishing with three points, four rebounds, three assists and a steal.
The Rockets did come out and take over early, building a comfortable 27-point lead at intermission at 52-25. Not only did they shoot 55.6 percent (20-for-36) in the period, but they did an impressive job on the defensive side as well. They limited UWM to 33.3 percent (7-for-21) from the floor and forced 15 turnovers which they turned into a 13-0 advantage in points off turnovers by the break.
Milwaukee trailed by as many as 31 on the day, but never gave up and battled throughout the second half. It used its three-point shooting - finishing with seven makes after halftime and an 11-for-25 clip in the contest - to outscore Toledo, 34-31, after halftime.
#8/8 Louisville 96, Valparaiso 40
The eighth-ranked Cardinals scored the first 12 points of the game and never looked back in dropping Valparaiso, 96-40, Saturday night at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville. The Crusaders are now 0-2 this season when playing top-10 opponents on the road.
Valparaiso committed 31 turnovers in the contest, while Louisville only had nine. The Cardinals also outrebounded VU by 17 as Louisville attempted 36 more shots in the game than Valparaiso.
Tabitha Gerardot led Valparaiso with nine points as no Crusader reached double figures. Gerardo also had a team-high seven rebounds.
