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Jan. 13, 2021 – Facing a familiar foe from four days prior in the first home event of the new year, the Loras College women's basketball team (1-1) came back from a first-half deficit and defended Lillis Court on Wednesday, scoring a 92-84 victory against Concordia University Wisconsin (1-1).

Madison Haslow opened the scoring for the Duhawks with a three-pointer off the assist from Jessica Coulthard before the two teams traded points for first half of the period. Coulthard tied the game 7-7 with a layup and Haslow followed suit with another three-pointer to extend the lead. The Falcons kept the score tight throughout the remainder of the period and edged a 15-14 lead going in to the second quarter.

The Falcons kept the scoring going to start the second period, but Cierra Bachmann put up a three-pointer and a layup to put Loras ahead 19-17. Concordia Wisconsin started to pull away and took a five-point lead with 7:02 left in the half but a three-pointer from Sydney Schuler off the pass from Jaime Ryan brought the Duhawks within two points. Jaime Ryan hit a three-pointer with 5:24 left in the half to put a halt to Concordia Wisconsin's scoring run, but the Falcons found momentum to close out the half with a 41-35 lead.

Allie Brownson helped the Duhawks come out strong in the second half with a three-pointer and Bachmann and Lydia Breunig kept it going with a pair of free throws and a layup. Loras had the Falcons within reach to start the half and with 5:45 to play in the third period, Sami Martin hit a three-pointer off a pass from Bachmann and Bruenig scored the go-ahead layup 30 seconds later. Concordia Wisconsin tied the game with 5:01 in the quarter, starting a back and forth battle for the next three minutes but held on to hold a one-point 60-59 advantage over the Duhawks going into the final ten minutes.

Just as she had started the game, Haslow started the final period with a three-pointer and a layup by Bachmann with 7:25 left to play in the game gave Loras a 70-66 lead. Three-pointers from Schuler and Ryan gave Loras a 76-68 lead with 5:41 left in the game and the Duhawks sustained the momentum for the remainder of the game to come away with their first win of the season, 92-84.

Bachmann continued to improve on her career-best with a team-high 21 points and both Haslow and Ryan posted career-highs of 17 points as well as Brownson with seven. Haslow added a career-high eight rebounds and three-pointers made (3) and Martin tallied seven points for the evening. Coulthard tied her career-best three blocks as a key player for the Duhawks' defense. As a team, Loras challenged the Falcons defensively, coming away with 25 turnovers and converting them to 21 points.

Loras returns to Lillis Court on Saturday, Jan. 16 to host the University of Dubuque at 2 P.M. A link to watch the game live can be found HERE and the winter home athletics event attendance policy can be found HERE.