LISLE, Ill. - The Benedictine University women's basketball team dropped a 73-67 contest at home to Aurora University on Tuesday night.

FINAL SCORE
Aurora 73, Benedictine 67

THE DETAILS
• Benedictine played from behind for most of the contest after Briana Hamilton scored the first four points of the contest
• With the contest even at 15-15 late in the first following a rebound basket from Alena Moro, Aurora stuck for five in a row to open a 20-15 edge and led 20-18 after one
• The lead quickly reached seven points in the second quarter and stretched to nine before a three-pointer from Payton Sims to end the first half made the score 35-29
• Benedictine quickly scored the first five points of the third quarter to continue an 8-0 run, battling within 35-34 on a layup from Hamilton
• Aurora extended the lead to 52-45 with a buzzer-beater to end the third and moved ahead by double digits at 63-53 with just 3:33 left
• A frantic push towards the end of the game pulled Benedictine within 70-67 on three from Sims with just 13 seconds to play before three free throws accounted for the final

STAT LEADERS
• Four players finished in double figures for Benedictine led by a career best 18 from Venita Parsons
• DeKayla Crayton and Sims each scored 14 off the bench as Benedictine received 30 points from reserves
• The 14 points matched a career high for Sims
• Hamilton also contributed 11 while Nicole Botich totaled six points, eight boards, and three blocks
• Benedictine finished the game shooting 43.5 percent from the field and scored 34 points in the paint
• Aurora held a 32-31 lead on the glass

UP NEXT
Benedictine (11-5, 8-3 NACC) travels to MSOE on Saturday afternoon for a key game against a team in the top portion of the conference race