DECORAH, Iowa (Duhawks.com) - It was a tale of two halves for the Loras women's basketball team on Wednesday night at Luther. After trailing by seven points at the end of the first half, the Duhawks exploded for 47 second half points en route to their ninth consecutive win and their fourth consecutive conference win. Kari Fitzpatrick and Marissa Schroeder led the Duhawk comeback effort with each player recording a double-double.

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
• The Duhawks wasted no time entering the scoring column thanks to a 7-0 run out of the gates on the back of Marissa Schroeder's first two points of the game
• Luther upped the defensive intensity from that point forward, holding the Duhawks scoreless for nearly four minutes
• The Norse started the second quarter with a 10-2 run but a quick response by the Duhawks narrowed the Norse lead down to two
• After a quiet first quarter, the Norse put up 26 second quarter points on their way to a seven-point halftime lead
• Two minutes into the second half, Courtney Schnoor initial shot missed but Fitzpatrick was there for the put back and foul
• The Duhawks poured in 28 third quarter points on 65 percent shooting to give them a seven-point lead heading to the fourth quarter
• With 5:38 to play, Riley Eckhart narrowly missed pull-up jump shot but Schroeder was there to clean it up and finish the and-1 layup
 
NOTABLES
• Marissa Schroeder recorded a season-high 11 rebounds and set a new career-best with four blocks
• Kari Fitzpatrick brought in a season-best six offensive rebounds
• The Duhawks and Norse have split the past 10 meetings, 5-5
• Loras has won nine games in a row for the first time since the 2013-14 season … The Duhawks won 10 consecutive that year en route to the conference regular season and tournament championship

UP NEXT
Loras gets set to host Central on Saturday in search of its 10th consecutive win. On Wednesday, the Dutch fell to 6-10 this season and 2-5 in the American Rivers after a 61-48 loss to Simpson. Tip-off has been moved up to 12 p.m.