Horizon League Women’s Basketball Scoreboard (Jan. 12)
Cleveland State 77, Detroit 66
Green Bay 71, Wright State 44
UIC 73, Loyola 62
Valparaiso 67, Youngstown State 59
Cleveland State 77, Detroit 66
Cleveland State went on a 12-1 run early in the second half to turn a two-point deficit into a double-digit lead in beating Detroit, 77-66, on Saturday afternoon.
The Vikings trailed 38-36 one minute into the second half when they went on the game-deciding 12-1 run over the next four minutes. After two Shalonda Winton free throws tied the game at 38, Honesty King knocked down back-to-back three-pointers to give CSU a lead it would never relinquish. After a Yar Shayok free throw cut the CSU lead to five, the Vikings would score their next six points on layups to take a 50-39 lead with 14:51 remaining in the game.
The Titans had one final push in them, cutting the lead to 58-55 on a Shayok layup, but Shalonda Winton responded on the very next CSU possession with a three-point play to put the Vikings back up by six. Detroit would never get closer than four the rest of the game.
Winton finished with a game-high 32 points to lead Cleveland State. She was 9-of-20 from the field and 13-of-16 from the free throw line. The senior forward also grabbed 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double of the season and also had eight assists, finishing two shy of her third triple-double of the season. King (15 points) and Cori Coleman (13 points) joined Winton in double figures.
Shayok and Shareta Brown tied for team-high honors for Detroit with 15 points. Shayok also had 10 rebounds to tally her third double-double of the season.
Green Bay 71, Wright State 44
Green Bay jumped on visiting Wright State early and never let the Raiders get in the game in defeating WSU, 71-44, on Saturday afternoon.
Wright State scored first to take an early 2-0 lead, but after tying the game at 2-2, Green Bay used three’s on three consecutive possessions to build an 11-5 lead at the first media timeout. Senior Sarah Eichler hit the first three of that streak en route to a game-high 13 first-half points. Eichler finished the game with 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting, just two shy of tying her career-high 26 points set against Richmond on Nov. 24. Paced by Eichler, Green Bay made its first four attempts from long range on the day, finishing the game with a 47.1 percent mark from behind the arc.
Green Bay stretched the lead to 28-13 with 8:40 remaining in the first half, but neither team scored for nearly the next four minutes before senior Adrian Ritchie stole the ball and found Eichler in transition for the score. From there, Green Bay closed the half on an 8-2 run, holding the Raiders scoreless for the final 2:56 of the half.
The Phoenix came out of the locker room with a deep three from senior Lydia Bauer (Lake Zurich, Ill.), and built on a 15-0 run that forced a Wright State timeout just two and a half minutes out of the break. With 16:09 remaining, redshirt junior Breannah Ranger drove the lane to push the lead to 30 at 47-17, the largest lead of the game to that point. Ranger finished with her first career double-double on 12 points and 11 rebounds.
Green Bay led by as many as 34 in a game that allowed all players to see at least five minutes on the court. Paced by Ranger and redshirt senior Jenny Gilberton, who finished with seven points and four rebounds, the Phoenix bench contributed 24 points on the afternoon.
The win marks the 10th time this season the Phoenix has held an opponent under 50 points, and the second time this week Green Bay held a high-profile player below their average. Wright State’s Kim Demmings, who entered the game averaging 21.1 points per game after scoring 35 at Milwaukee on Thursday, was held to a career-low three points on 1-13 shooting and committed seven turnovers.
Green Bay’s dominance in the paint continued as the Phoenix outscored the Raiders 36-8 in the paint. During the seven-game winning streak, Green Bay holds a 242-70 advantage against opponents in the paint.
Green Bay shot 43.3 percent from the field in the win, the sixth straight game the team has shot better than 40 percent. The Phoenix also used 22 assists on 26 field goals while limiting itself to just nine turnovers. Wright State committed 18 turnovers and grabbed just 29 rebounds to Green Bay’s 41.
UIC 73, Loyola 62
UIC made a late second half to run to get past host Loyola, 73-62, at Gentile Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The Flames trailed 54-51 with 8:53 remaining, but scored eight consecutive points to take a 59-54 lead with 7:05 left in the game. Loyola closed within 61-58 a minute later, but UIC responded with two consecutive three-pointers to extend its lead to nine. The Ramblers never got closer than seven points the rest of the way.
The Flames shot 52.9 percent from the field as a team in the game, while limiting Loyola to just 40 percent shooting. Rachel Story and Terri Bender tied for team-high scoring honors for the Flames with 20 points each. Bender was 7-8 from the field, including 3-3 from three-point range in scoring her career-high. Story paired her fifth 20+-point performance of the season with a game-high seven assists. Taylor Foulks also reach double figures for UIC with 14 points.
Monica Albano led Loyola’s efforts with 15 points, while Simone Law and Taylor Johnson each had 14 points.
Valparaiso 67, Youngstown State 59
Valparaiso trailed by as much as 15 points in the first half, but battled back to defeat visiting Youngstown State, 67-59, on Saturday afternoon.
Trailing 48-43 with just under 10 minutes to go, the Crusaders went on an 11-0 spurt to take the lead for good and grab a 54-48 advantage with 6:04 to play.
Junior Tabitha Gerardot scored nine straight points during the run. Her 3-pointer from the top of the key got the Crusaders within two, and she tied the game at 48 with a pair of free throws. Her layup with 7:06 to go gave Valparaiso the lead for good, and she added another basket on a put back of her own miss on the next possession.
Senior Gina Lange capped the run on a layup with 6:04 left.
Gerardot finished with 26 points on 9-of-13 shooting and grabbed 17 rebounds to tie her career high. She was also 7-of-10 at the free throw line. The double-double was her third of the season and the 16th of her career.
The Penguins closed to within a single point three times over the final four minutes, but the Crusaders had an answer each time.
Gerardot’s three-point play stretched the Valparaiso advantage to 58-54 with 3:42 left. Lange followed with a jumper to make it 62-59 at the 3:09 mark, and junior Charae Richardson scored a layup with 2:13 to go to give the Crusaders a 62-59 lead.
Richardson, senior Laura Richards and Gerardot combined for five free throws in the last minute to push the final margin to eight.
Lange scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and Richardson added 13.
Richards totaled six points, six assists and seven rebounds, while sophomore Jessica Carr had five points, five rebounds and a career-high four assists.
Youngstown State built 34-19 lead with 4:45 left in the opening half, but the Crusaders responded with 21-2 run over the next nine minutes to take a 40-36 lead. Gerardot had four baskets during the spurt, including the layup that gave the Crusaders their first lead of the game at 38-36 with 15:56 to go.
Carr hit a 3-pointer of Valparaiso’s first possession of the second half and followed it up with a jumper on the next possession to tie the game at 36.
The Crusaders had their best shooting performance of the season, making 23 of 44 attempts (52.3 percent). Valparaiso had a 46-22 rebounding advantage, including a 34-11 edge in defensive rebounds.
Brandi Brown led Youngstown State with 16 points and 11 rebounds to record her 10th double-double of the season. Shar’Rae Davis added 13 points and six assists and Liz Hornberger was the final Penguin in double figures with 12.
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