Marian University women’s basketball (6-12, 4-5 NACC) had a one-point lead after three quarters but fell to Benedictine 76-71.
 

• Marian opened the game with a slim 16-13 lead in the first quarter before Benedictine scored 10 unanswered to lead 23-16.
• A late basket from sophomore Chelsea King put the score at 23-18 after 10 minutes.
• The Sabres rallied in a defensive second quarter and retook the lead at 24-23.
• Benedictine once again had a strong finish to the quarter, however, going on a 16-5 run to lead 39-29.
• Sophomore Kiara Williams would hit a shot just before the buzzer to put the Sabres down 39-31 at halftime.
• The Eagles found themselves ahead 45-35 before Marian scored nine unanswered to only trail one with 4:35 left in the third.
• The Sabres would tie the game twice but Benedictine still lead 53-51.
• This time it was Marian with a strong finish scoring the final three points over the last 2:15 of the quarter to go into the fourth leading 54-53.
• The third quarter tally saw the Sabres outscore Benedictine 76-71.
• Marian built its lead to as large as six twice and had a 67-61 advantage with 3:56 to play.
• Benedictine then made a move scoring 14 unanswered points to take a 75-67 lead with 37 seconds left.
• The Sabres were able to trim that deficit down to as small as four but couldn’t complete the comeback.

• Marian shot 29-of-64 (.453) in the defeat and went 4-of-21 (.190) on three-pointers.
• The Eagles finished 27-of-72 (.375) and 11-of-29 (.379) from beyond the arc.
• Marian held a significant 44-30 edge in the paint.
• This is the first time Marian was defeated after taking a lead into the fourth quarter this season.
• Benedictine has now won the last 17 match-ups against Marian.

	Sophomore Kiara Williams had her 13th double-double of the season scoring 22 points with 10 rebounds.
	Sophomore Chelsea King added 18 points with two assists and two steals.
	Sophomore Ryleigh Woodson scored six points and had four rebounds with one block.