Benedictine Women Set Conference Record in Home Win

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LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University women's basketball team set a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference record by connecting on 21 three-pointers in a home win over visiting Rockford on Saturday afternoon.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 110, Rockford 41

THE DETAILS
Benedictine did not waste any time in erasing Friday night's loss at Wisconsin Lutheran, leading the whole way
Casey Williams opened the scoring with a three-pointer
Hanna Piro made a three to make the score 10-2 with 7:16 left in the opening quarter
MaKayli Vann finished an 11-0 run with a three-pointer to make the score 23-6 at the 2:22 mark of the first
Claire Gibler's three-pointer just before the end of the first extended the lead to 32-8
Benedictine made 11 three-pointers in the first half  and continued to pull away in the second half, opening a 65-20 lead early in the third
Benedictine led by as many as 70 points in the game
The 110 points scored were the most in a game this season

STAT LEADERS
Benedictine finished 21-for-36 from three-point range in the win, setting the conference record for threes in a game
Nine different players connected on a triple in the win
Benedictine shot 51.9 percent from the floor and held a 56-32 edge on the glass
Five players hit double figures led by 22 from D'Asia Williams, who was 9-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-5 from beyond the arc
Gibler and Vann each scored 15 points with Vann also reeling in 11 rebounds
Michalski notched 12 and Casey Williams picked up 10

UP NEXT
Benedictine (17-4, 13-3 NACC) travels to Illinois Tech on Tuesday night.