Box Score Monmouth survived a scare, but posted a 75-66 win over Augustana in the season-opener for both teams.
After the Vikings opened a 4-0 lead, the Scots’ Colleen Forrest drained three straight 3-pointers to put Monmouth ahead 9-6. Monmouth stretched the lead to 18 points, 32-14 with 7:08 left in the first half before Augustana chipped away, scoring the last seven points of the half to trail 37-27 at the break.
The Vikings took the lead with 5:43 left on a trey before Kaley Corban scored seven of her game-high 23 points in less than 90 seconds. The Scots hit 7-of-10 free throws in the final 1:14 to hold on for the win.
Forrest finished with 15 points, all on threes, while Marla Willard and Zipporah Williams added a dozen each.