Marian University women’s basketball (4-10, 3-4 NACC) shut down MSOE in the second half defeating the Raiders 58-51.
- Both offenses were clicking in the opening quarter with the two squads battling to an 8-8 tie.
- MSOE took the first sizeable lead of the game with an 8-2 run and went into the first break with an 18-13 advantage.
- The two squads continued to go back-and-forth with the Sabres trailing for the entire quarter. MSOE led by as many eight points but the Sabres would only trail 33-27 going into the half.
- The Sabres were able to open the second half with a 9-3 run to quickly tie the game at 36-36.
- The tie went out to 40-40 before Marian outscored the Raiders the rest of the quarter and took a 46-44 lead into the final stanza.
- MSOE would retake the lead shortly to open the fourth quarter at 47-46, but the rest of the quarter was all Marian.
- The Sabres closed out the final 8:04 of the game with a 12-4 spurt to earn a 58-51 win.
- Marian shot 23-of-60 (.383) for the game and went 6-of-8 (.750) from the field in the third quarter. The Sabres would shoot 4-of-7 (.571) from beyond the arc in the second half.
- The Sabre defense held MSOE to just 7-of-26 (.269) shooting in the second half and only 2-of-11 (.182) from beyond the arc.
- Marian dominated in the paint outrebounding MSOE 40-30 and outscoring the Raiders 36-18 in points in the paint.
