Marian University women’s basketball (2-5, 0-1 NACC) never trailed defeating Mount Mary 59-54.
 

• The two offenses had a slow start but Marian was able to build a comfortable 17-9 lead with a 10-4 run over th final 4:26 of the quarter.
• The Sabre defense then dominated the second quarter and outscored Mount Mary 15-3.
• Marian allowed just one made field goal in the stanza and took a 32-12 lead into halftime.
• The Sabres kept rolling to open the third opening the quarter with a 13-4 spurt to lead 45-16.
• Mount Mary began to rally and closed out the quarter with a 14-4 run and only trailed 49-30 going into the fourth.
• The Blue Angels continued to chip away at the Marian lead and trailed by as little as four at 58-54 with 32 seconds to play.
• Mount Mary was able to outscore Marian 24-10 over the final 10 minutes.
• Marian was able to hold off the late rally, however, setting the final at 59-54.

• Marian held Mount Mary to 19-of-69 (.275) shooting with the Blue Angels only going 3-of-29 (.103) in the first half.
• Offensively, the Sabres hit a season-high 11 three-pointers going 11-of-30 (.367) from beyond the arc.
• Marian finished the game shooting 17-of-58 (.293) from the field.
• The Sabres committed more turnovers at a 21-16 clip but outscored MMU 24-14 in points off turnovers.
• Marian improves to 9-2 all-time against Mount Mary and has won the last three match-ups.

	Sophomore Kiara Williams tied for a game-high in points with 18 and added seven rebounds and four steals.
	Sophomore Chelsea King added 13 points with eight rebounds and four assists.
	Junior Lyla Bartol filled the stat sheet with four points, nine rebounds, and five steals.