WHEATON, Sick. – The College of Chicago girls’s basketball group utilized a smothering defensive effort and a robust fourth quarter run to defeat Wheaton Faculty 56-37 on the highway Saturday.
The Maroons ran their document to 8-0 – the group’s finest begin to a season for the reason that 2011-12 marketing campaign. The Thunder fell to 5-3.
UChicago took a slender 22-20 halftime lead as each groups scuffled offensively. The third quarter noticed the guests flip issues round by making half of its subject targets and shifting forward by 5 factors getting into the ultimate interval.
That is when the Maroons made their huge transfer, embarking on a 13-0 run over a four-minute span to place the competition out of attain.
The put up was owned by UChicago all sport. The Maroons held a large 42-12 benefit in factors within the paint and a 48-36 rebounding margin. Each groups blocked 5 pictures.
UChicago transformed 38.1 p.c from the sector whereas limiting Wheaton to 27.8 p.c on subject targets. It marked the fifth time this season that the Maroons have held an opponent underneath 30 p.c capturing.
Mallory Brodnik led the balanced effort with 13 factors, 5 rebounds and three blocks. Ellie Gross tallied 12 factors and 6 rebounds. Marissa Powe stuffed the stat sheet with 10 factors, six rebounds and 4 steals. Grace Hynes and Sophia North added 9 factors every.
NEXT GAME:
- Wednesday, Dec. 14 @ 6:00 PM – College of Wisconsin-Whitewater at UChicago
