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Brendan Bittner
54
McKendree MCK 6-9, 1-4 GLVC
70
Winner Quincy QU 13-1, 4-1 GLVC
McKendree MCK
6-9, 1-4 GLVC
54
Final
70
Quincy QU
13-1, 4-1 GLVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
McKendree MCK 14 15 11 14 54
Quincy QU 19 18 16 17 70

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Brendan Bittner

#19 Lady Hawks Earn 70-54 Win Over McKendree

QUINCY, Ill. – The 19th-ranked Quincy University women's basketball team turned in a solid defensive effort and outscored McKendree in every quarter on its way to a 70-54 win over McKendree on Saturday (Jan. 9) afternoon at Pepsi Arena.
 
The Lady Hawks (13-1, 4-1 GLVC) have now won five in a row and remain tied atop the GLVC West standings with Truman. Drury (3-1) plays UW-Parkside on Saturday evening.
 
Quincy fell behind early, 10-8, after senior guard Maggie Cunningham (Peoria, Ill./Richwoods) picked up her second foul with 5:45 remaining in the first quarter. The Bearcats (6-9, 1-4 GLVC) would eventually go up by four, 12-8, before Quincy reeled off the next eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers from sophomore forward Anika Webster (Springfield, Ill.) and sophomore guard Megan Wienstroer (Okawville, Ill.).
 
With Cunningham limited to just eight minutes in the game due to foul trouble, junior reserve Selina Barnes (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sierra/Southeastern CC) filled in admirably. She contributed five rebounds and two assists with no turnovers in 20 minutes off the bench.
 
The Lady Hawks extended their lead to as many as 12 points late in the second quarter and took a 37-29 lead into halftime.
 
Quincy did a nice job early of establishing the paint as senior center Erin Mennemeyer (Old Monroe, Mo./Troy Buchanan) scored eight points and collected four rebounds in 12 minutes in the first half. She finished with 14 points.
 
Mennemeyer's bucket to start the second half pushed the lead to 10 and it never got under that the rest of the way.
 
Quincy was solid on the offensive glass, turning 14 offensive rebounds into 13 second chance points. The Lady Hawks out-rebounded the Bearcats, 39-32, overall. That helped them overcome a 39.3 percent (22-for-56) shooting mark for the game.
 
Webster led the Lady Hawks with 15 points and eight rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench. Wienstroer added 11 points as the third QU player in double figures.
 
Kacey Johnson's 18 points led the Bearcats, who shot 42.9 percent (24-for-56) from the field. The Lady Hawks did not allow McKendree to hit a 3-point basket (0-for-7).
 
The Lady Hawks will now hit the road for a pair of games at Southern Indiana and Bellarmine,w which have a combined record of 20-2. QU and USI tip-off at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday (Jan. 14).
 
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