Women's Basketball Erupts For 28 Fourth Quarter Points In Win Over Lake Forest

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women's basketball team exploded for 28 fourth quarter points allowing them to go on for the 78-64 win over Lake Forest. Fontbonne improved to 5-8 overall, while the Foresters fell to 3-9.

Kourtney White led a quartet of Fontbonne players reaching double-figures finishing with a game-high 18 points on 50.0 percent (8-of-16) shooting. 

Madison Nelson and Mallory Ronshausen each had 13 points, while Ja'mise Bailey totaled 12 points and tied White on the glass with seven rebounds. 

After leading 5-4, the Griffins used a 7-0 run taking a 12-4 advantage on Ronshausen's 3-pointer at the 4:42 mark.

The Foresters answered with a 10-1 run over a three-minute stretch to take a 14-13 lead, however, the Griffins got a layup from Ronshausen with just under a minute left putting them back on top by one after a quarter of play. 

It was back-and-forth action throughout the second, but the Griffins were clinging to a 27-25 lead on Rylee Pickett's 3-pointer with 2:57 remaining. 

With 1:36 left, the Foresters got the lead back and looked to head into the locker room on top by three, but Ronshausen forced a steal with just seconds remaining and got the layup putting Fontbonne down 32-31 at the break.

In the third, the Griffins tried to gain some breathing room with Nelson's layup extending its advantage out to 40-34 with 8:04 on the clock. 

The Foresters kept battling outscoring Fontbonne 11-4 over the next four minutes to own a 45-44 lead. Fontbonne answered with a 6-0 run and went into the fourth quarter on top, 50-49.

In the fourth, the Griffins opened with four three-pointers in just a minute and 10 seconds in giving them a 59-49 lead. 

It was all Fontbonne the rest of the way with the team shooting 64.7 percent from the floor and hitting six three-pointers as they cruised to the 14-point win. 

Fontbonne shot 44.4 percent from the floor and tied its season-high with 11 three-pointers made. They also dished out a season-high 23 assists and defensively came away with a season-high 16 steals.

Up Next

The Griffins are back in action on Thursday hosting Spalding. Tip-off at 5:30 p.m. 

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