Box Score The Monmouth College women's basketball team battled back on Saturday but ultimately fell at Lawrence 60-56.
Danielle Beach (Geneseo, Illinois) started the scoring with a bucket on Monmouth's first possession. The Scots led 4-2 until Lawrence went on an 8-0 run.
Ashley Jones (Abingdon, Illinois) ended the run with a 3-point play and the Vikings led 16-7 after the first quarter.
Kynlee Stearns (Gilson, Illinois) scored to start the second quarter and answered a Lawrence bucket with a layup.
Jadyn Mitchell (Flanagan, Illinois) made two free throws and hit a 3-pointer to cut the LU lead to 17-16. The Vikings scored five straight before Mitchell hit another 3-pointer and Jones made a pair of free throws. Two Mitchell free throws cut the Lawrence lead to 25-23 with 4:00 left in the half. Jones tied the game with a jumper and after the Vikings scored four in a row, Jones made two free throws. Lawrence scored to end the half with a 31-27 lead.
Mitchell hit a 3-pointer to start the second half, cutting the Lawrence lead to one. The VIkings went on a 15-3 run with
Ella Goodrich (Minonk, Illinois) making a free throw and Jones made a layup.
Olivia Dinges (Amboy, Illinois) scored, as did
Danielle Beach (Geneseo, Illinois) before Mitchell made another 3-pointer. Dinges added a free throw to cut the Lawrence lead to 48-41 before the hosts scored to end the quarter.
Allie Hoy (Woodland, Illinois) scored to start the fourth quarter and Beach converted a 3-point play. Mitchell scored in the lane to cut the Lawrence lead to 52-48. Goodrich scored and Beach made two free throws as Lawrence led 55-52 with 5:16 to play.
Delaney Scheidenhelm (New Berlin, Illinois) scored with 3:38 to play but the Vikings answered a minute later. The Scots missed a game-tying 3-pointer but Jones got the rebound, got fouled, and made both free throws with 48 seconds left. The Scots forced a miss and got the rebound but missed two free throws with 27 seconds remaining. The Vikings split free throws to lead 58-56 and Monmouth got the ball back with 24 seconds left. After Monmouth missed a 3-pointer, Lawrence hit two free throws to ice the game with a 60-56 win.
Mitchell led the Scots with 18 points while Jones had 13 and Beach scored 10. Jones had a team-leading 10 rebounds, three more than Goodrich.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Mitchell has scored in double figures seven times this season and 17 times in her Monmouth career…She has a career-high 18 points in two straight games…Mitchell was 4-for-7 from 3-point range and is 9-for-15 the last two games…Jones has scored 10 or more nine times this season and 13 times overall…She also had her first career double-double with a career-high 10 rebounds…Beach has four games this season in double figures…Beach added a career-high five steals and she has at least two steals in nine games this season…The Scots won the rebound battle 36-32…Monmouth leads the all-time series 30-19…The Scots won in Appleton 52-48 last season and 7-3 overall in the last 10 against the Vikings…The teams will play again in Iowa on Feb. 17…The Fighting Scots next play at home Tuesday against Lake Forest, following the men's 5:30 p.m. contest.
