LEBANON, Ill. – Second-year freshman guard Clare Breden (Jerseyville, Ill./Jerseyville Community) scored a team-high 17 points and added five rebounds, but Rockhurst University outscored McKendree University 53-25 in the first half en route to posting an 88-58 win over the Bearcats in Great Lakes Valley Conference women’s basketball action Saturday evening at the Melvin Price Convocation Center.
With the setback, McKendree falls to 3-15 overall and 2-9 in the GLVC, while Rockhurst improved to 11-8 overall and 7-6 in the league.
Along with Breden’s 17-point effort, which was her team-leading 12th double-digit scoring game of the season, sophomore guard Erin Golden (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) and redshirt senior guard Sydney Diekhoff (Pekin, Ill./Pekin Community) added 11 and 10 points respectively in dropping its second straight game. With her 10 points, Diekhoff pushed her career scoring total to 1,187 points.
McKendree’s leading scorer, sophomore guard Christy Fortune…
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