(LAWRENCE ATHLETICS) MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Lawrence University men’s basketball team rallied in the second half Saturday at Glennie Gymnasium but came up short in a 69-61 Midwest Conference setback to Monmouth College.
Lawrence trailed by as many as 15 points in the second half but trimmed the margin to four on multiple occasions before Monmouth pulled away.
Casey Schoenecker was one rebound short of a double-double for the Vikings as he finished with 16 points and nine rebounds. Nicholas Gouriotis added 12 points for Lawrence (4-14, 2-7 MWC), and Landon Key had 10 points, four assists and two rebounds. Hogan Demovsky added seven points and seven rebounds for the Vikings.
Zay Brown paced Monmouth (13-5, 7-2) with 22 points.
The Scots led 43-28 early in the second half, but the Vikings started chipping away at the lead. Key’s fastbreak layup was followed by a Liam Graham 3-pointer, and Schoenecker added a layup to trim the margin to 45-38.
Monmouth stretched the lead back to 10 at 52-42 with 9:08 left, but Lawrence made another run. A three-point play from Schoenecker and layups from Demovsky and Gouriotis formed a 7-1 run to cut the lead to 53-49.
The lead hovered between four and six points, and Key’s layup with 3:04 left cut the margin to 59-55. Declan Flynn hit a 3-pointer for the Scots, and after a Lawrence turnover, Kyle Taylor’s jumper pushed the advantage back to 64-55 with just under two minutes remaining. Lawrence could get no closer than seven points after that.
Women’s basketball
Lawrence 71, Monmouth 57
MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Lawrence University women’s basketball team shot the ball well from long-range Saturday and used that to roll to a 71-57 Midwest Conference win over Monmouth College at Glennie Gymnasium.
Lawrence hit seven of its first 13 3-point attempts and also went 10-for-10 from the foul line on the afternoon.
Kate Adams led the Vikings with 16 points as she went 5-for-7 from the floor, including 3-for-4 from beyond the arc. Adams added three rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Olivia Kesti also came off the bench for the Vikings to score in double figures. Kesti had 12 points as she went 5-for-8 from the floor and added three rebounds and a pair of assists.
It was a balanced attack for Lawrence (13-5, 7-2 MWC) as seven players scored at least five points. Charlotte Brennan had nine points, four assists and three rebounds, and Mallory Meyer had eight points for the Vikings. Sophie Morey pulled down a game-high six rebounds to go with seven points. Josie Chose chipped in six points, and Maggie Culver added five for the Vikings.
Ella Goodrich led Monmouth (4-14, 1-8) with 16 points.
The game was tied at 14-14 heading to the second quarter, but Meyer gave Lawrence the lead for good with her jumper just eight seconds into the second. The Vikings were up 20-19 when Lawrence went on a 17-2 run to finish the first half. Kesti scored six points in that stretch, Brennan added four and Adams drained a 3-pointer as Lawrence took a 37-21 lead at the half.
Monmouth got as close as 11 points at 43-32 in the third quarter, but the Vikings took over from there. Lawrence put together a 17-4 run to finish the third quarter. Adams scored seven points during that burst, and Brennan and Lydia Lueck both made 3-pointers as Lawrence led 60-36 heading to the fourth.
Playing mostly against Lawrence’s reserves in the fourth quarter, Monmouth never got closer than the final margin of 14 points.
Lawrence won its fourth consecutive game in the series with Monmouth and has swept the season series for the second straight season.
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