MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Macalester College women’s basketball team came within one point twice in the final 1:47 but could not overcome Concordia College on its home court in a 64-59 defeat Wednesday evening at Memorial Auditorium. The Scots drop to 8-8 overall and 3-6 in the conference, while the Cobbers are now 11-5 on the season and 6-3 in the MIAC.
In the first quarter, Macalester used an 11-5 run over the final five minutes to take a 15-13 edge after 10 minutes of play. Sophomore guard Mary Daley (Cumberland, R.I./Bishop Feehan) scored six points to lead the Scots, with senior guard Nicole Norton (Brussels, Wis./Southern Door) capping the run with a three. Macalester led by as many as four points in the second quarter and was up 22-18 when the Cobbers tallied the next 11 points for a 29-22 advantage. Concordia eventually took a 33-24 lead into halftime after holding the Scots to 26.7 percent shooting in the second quarter.
Senior guard Peyton Starks (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs School), who leads the MIAC in scoring at 18.9 points per game, did not score in the first half but quickly made up for it in the second half. She scored Macalester’s first eight points to bring the Scots to within six, 38-32 with 6:27 left in the third quarter. First year guard Samantha Smith (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) drained a three to make it a three-point game, 38-35. After Concordia’s Carlee Sieben registered five points around a basket by Starks, two more Starks’ buckets made the score 43-31 late in the quarter. The Cobbers tallied the final basket of the…
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