Box Score Monmouth stretched their home Midwest Conference winning streak to five with a 63-53 win over Ripon.
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The Scots led from start-to-finish, but had to hold off the Red Hawks after Ripon climbed back from a 20-point second half deficit. Trailing 46-26 with 16:49 to play, Ripon clawed their way back with a 14-2 run over the next seven minutes. A jumper by Ripon's Chelsea Moldenhauer closed the gap to 55-51 with 4:06 left before the Scots got the offense restarted.
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Paige Nord's putback on the Scots' next possession and an inside basket by
Kelsey Walsberg upped the Monmouth lead to 59-51 with less than two minutes to play. Free throws from
Maddie Dohleman and
Neddy Velez upped the Monmouth lead to double digits in the final minute.
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Walsberg finished with a game-high 22 points while
Kathleen Forrest added 14 and Nord 11.
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