Monmouth erased an early six-point fourth quarter deficit to post a 64-54 win at Cornell to stay tied with Ripon atop the Midwest Conference standings.
 
Jordan Kintigh scored six of her nine points in the decisive final 10 minutes. Her layup as the final period opened cut the margin to four at 47-43 and her free throw on the Scots' next possession pulled Monmouth within three. A missed Cornell layup on the Rams' ensuing possession was corralled by Kintigh and followed by Shayne Smith's 3-pointer to knot the game at 47-all just two minutes in the quarter.
 
The Rams used three straight free throws to regain a lead of three before Smith drained another from beyond the arc, pulling the Scots even at 52-52 with 4:17 to play. The Scots then took the lead and closed out the game with a 12-2 run as Carley Turnbull drained a 3-ball to begin the Scots' final surge to improve to 11-2 in the MWC.
 
Smith canned 5-of-7 from beyond the arc to finish with a game-high 21 points while Turnbull added 19. Kintigh added 10 rebounds to narrowly miss her second double-double after collecting nine points. Yvonne Ornelas dished out a game-high seven assists, including five in the second half, all but one in the fourth quarter.
 
Monmouth travels to Grinnell Saturday for a 1 p.m. matchup with the Pioneers.