Marian University women’s basketball (4-10, 2-3 NACC) bounced back with an 82-61 win over Alverno on the road.
 

• The Sabres took an early edge scoring the first 11 points of the game.
• An 11-2 run to end the first quarter saw Marian take a 30-10 lead after 10 minutes of action.
• An evenly matched second quarter saw Marian build its lead to as large as 26 but Marian would settle for a 50-30 advantage going into halftime.
• The third stanza opened in a similar fashion but a stretch of eight unanswered points from the Sabres gave Marian a 28-point lead at 66-38.
• This set the tone for Marian to go into the final quarter leading 71-45.
• Alverno would outscore Marian 16-11 over the final 10 minutes but Marian would secure its second NACC win of the season.

• Marian went 29-of-68 (.426) from the field and 5-of-16 (.313) from beyond the arc.  
• The Marian defense held Alverno to 23-of-70 (.329) shooting for the game.
• The Sabres held a large advantage in the block outscoring Alverno 48-22 in the paint and 25-9 in second chance opportunities.
• Marian finished with a 57-33 advantage in rebounds with 19 offensive boards.
• This marks just the second time Marian has scored more than 80 points since the 2016-17 season.
• The Sabres improve to 22-17 all-time against Alverno with wins in the last four match-ups.

	Sophomore Kiara Williams led all scorers with 24 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for her 11th double-double.
	Junior Lexi Brakebush went 7-of-10 (.700) from the field and hit all three three-pointers she attempted as part of a 21-point performance.
	Sophomore Chelsea King chipped in 14 points and grabbed eight boards.