ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - Women’s basketball trounced by Knox on Wednesday
by Billy Lopatto - Staff Writer
The Fighting Scots women’s basketball team suffered a setback to the Knox College Prairie Fire in Glennie Gymnasium on Wednesday, as the visitors claimed the second leg of the Hwy 34 derby by a score of 101-72. Having won the first meeting in Galesburg in December by a score of 88-52, the Prairie Fire achieved a series sweep of the Scots with this victory.
Monmouth had a hot start right out of the gate, as two buckets by seniors Allie Hoy and Kynlee Stearns helped the Scots shoot out to a 4-0 lead in the first minute. However, the Prairie Fire responded to each Scot basket and canceled out the early run. Even scoring throughout the next few minutes put up a score of 6-7 on the scoreboard heading into the first media timeout, much to the amusement of some younger fans in the stands that evening.
Knox continued to pile on the points throughout the first two quarters, leading 20-15 after the first ten minutes and 47-37 at the intermission. The Prairie Fire picked up right where they left off out of the locker room and outscored the Scots 33-14 in the third stanza, but despite each team putting up 21 points of their own in the final ten minutes, the Knox College Prairie Fire cleared the century mark and walked away with a 101-72 victory over the Scots.
Leading the Scots in scoring on the evening was Stearns with a whopping 27 points, followed by Jamaica Walker with 17 and Hannah Peel and Brooklyn Sellers, who each chipped in eight points of their own. Monmouth went 11-26 from the charity stripe against the Prairie Fire
The Scots will close out their home campaign when they host Lake Forest College as the second half of a men/women doubleheader on Wednesday, February 18th, with tip-off scheduled for 7:30 p.m., or 25 minutes after the conclusion of the men’s game. They will then close out the regular season, traveling to Jacksonville to play the Illinois College Lady Blues with a 3 p.m. tipoff.