Box Score
Box score
MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Lutheran women's
basketball team needed overtime to defeat the Aurora University
Spartans 65-62 on Thursday night in a battle of the top two teams
in the Northern Athletics Conference South Division at the
Recreation Complex.
Wisconsin Lutheran, which scored all five of its points in
overtime off of four Aurora turnovers, held the Spartans without a
field goal in the extra session to come away with the three-point
win.
The Warriors trailed early on in the first half, falling behind
6-1 at the 17:33 mark. After five lead changes in the half, WLC
built a game-high nine-point lead (33-24) with 3:39 left before
halftime. The Warriors headed into intermission holding a 33-28
lead. Despite the Spartans shooting 50 percent from the floor in
the half, the Warriors held a 13-4 advantage in points off
turnovers.
Aurora opened the second half with a 10-0 run to take a 38-33
lead, its largest margin of the game, at the 16:26 mark. Wisconsin
Lutheran came back to take a five-point lead of its own, 53-48,
with 8:30 remaining. The teams exchanged leads two more times
before Aurora's Ashley Daniels scored on lay-up with 40 seconds
left to tie the game at 60-60. WLC had a pair of chances to win the
game in the final 32 seconds, but could not get a shot to fall. The
Spartans out-scored the Warriors 24-0 on points in the paint in the
second half.
The Spartans hit a pair of free throws to open overtime with a
62-60 lead. Senior Kristen Dillon (Germantown, Wis./Germantown) hit
a three-pointer with 1:10 gone by to put the Warriors up 63-62, a
lead that they would hold onto for the remainder of the overtime
period.
Whitney Miller (Germantown, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran)
recorded a double-double with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds
to lead Wisconsin Lutheran. Britany Lindert (Milwaukee, Wis./School
of Languages) finished with 14 points, while Dillon added 13.
The Warriors finished the game shooting 37.9 percent (25-for-66)
from the floor. The Spartans shot 44.8 percent (26-for-58) for the
game, but just 6.7 percent (1-for-15) from beyond the arc.
Michelle Perry scored 15 points to pace the Spartans (15-8, 12-5
NAC). Kim Voiles added a double-double with 14 points and 10
rebounds.
Wisconsin Lutheran (14-7, 12-3 NAC) hosts Benedictine on
Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Recreation Complex. The game is the first
of a doubleheader with the men's team.
