Box Score
Box score
AURORA, Ill. - Wisconsin Lutheran College sank
a school-record 19 three-point field goals on Saturday afternoon en
route to an 87-63 Northern Athletics Conference victory over Aurora
University at the Thornton Gymnasium.
The Warriors and Spartans exchanged buckets for the first 2:45
to begin the game before Wisconsin Lutheran took the lead for good
at the 16:52 mark. WLC went on a 9-0 run to lead 18-10, before
surging out to a half-high 22-point lead, 50-28, as the first half
horn sounded.
Wisconsin Lutheran shot 56.5 percent (13-for-23) in the first
half from beyond the arc. Overall, WLC went 17-for-36 from the
floor for 47.2 percent in the half. Freshman Rachel Hoft
(Germantown, Wis./Germantown) scored 13 points to lead the Warriors
in the period. Sophomores Alyssa Allister (Lake Mills,
Wis./Lakeside Lutheran) and Brittanny Bahr (Caledonia,
Wis./Shoreland Lutheran) added 12 and nine points, all on
three-pointers, in the half. AU shot 42.9 percent (9-for-21) in the
half.
WLC began the second half on a 25-5 run and built its largest
lead of the game, 44 points, 80-36, with 8:20 left in the game. WLC
narrowly out-shot the Spartans 43 percent (13-for-30) compared to
42 percent (13-for-31).
Allister paced Wisconsin Lutheran with a game and career-high 21
points on 7-for-12 from three-point range. Hoft and Bahr combined
for eight three-pointers and each contributed 15 points. Rachel
Johnson (Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) tied a game high with
eight rebounds.
The Warriors out-rebounded the Spartans 41-29, including 18
offensive rebounds. WLC forced the Spartans into 31 turnovers and
owned a 40-22 advantage in points off turnovers.
WLC and AU combined to make 28 three-pointers in the contest,
which set a new NCAA Division III record for combined
three-pointers made in a game.
Jessica Mason and Michelle Perry scored 14 and 12 points,
respectively, to lead the Aurora (5-14, 2-10 NAC), which shot 42.3
percent (22-for-52) from the field for the game.
Wisconsin Lutheran (16-3, 11-2 NAC) returns to action on
Wednesday, February 2 when it travels to Sheboygan, Wis., to take
on the Lakeland College Muskies (8-10, 5-7 NAC). Tip time is
scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Woltzen Gymnasium.
