Women's Basketball Improve To 3-0 In Conference Play With Win Over Greenville

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women's basketball team stayed unbeaten in conference play on Saturday after coming away with the 71-59 win over Greenville.

Final: Fontbonne 71, Greenville 59

Location: DSAC

Records: Fontbonne 4-5 (3-0 SLIAC), Greenville (4-6; 1-2 SLIAC)

How It Happened

In the first quarter, a 3-pointer from Riley Guffey at the 3:33 mark gave Fontbonne the 12-6 advantage. The Griffins maintained its marginal lead the rest of the way as the closed out the half outscoring Greenville 4-2 run to lead, 16-11.

In the second, a made jumper from Raven Venegas stretched the lead out to 24-16 with 6:33 remaining. The Panthers stayed within striking distance, though they got the deficit down to 26-25 at 1:27 on Hannah Krukewitt's made free throws.

After the two teams traded buckets, Rylee Stafford made both of her free throws with 23.0 seconds left to put Fontbonne ahead 30-27 at the break.

In the third quarter, the Griffins expanded its lead out to 10 (42-32) at 6:36 on Jillian Venegas' made layup. The Panthers cut it down to 46-41 on Megan Barrett's made jumper at 2:57, however, the Griffins finished out the quarter on a 6-0 run with Jillian Venegas' layup giving Fontbonne the 52-41 lead going into the fourth.

The Griffins held onto its double-digit lead early in the fourth with Guffey hitting her 3-pointer at 8:16 to give Fontbonne a comfortable 58-45 lead.

The Panthers trimmed the lead down to 63-57 on Emily Reinneck's made free throws, but that'd be as close as they'd get with the Griffins going on for the 12-point win.

Inside The Numbers

• The Griffins shot 50.0 percent from the floor and defensively came away with a season-high 20 steals.
• Greenville was limited to a 35.8 field goal percentage and went just 3-of-13 (23.1 percent) from beyond-the-arc.

Greenville Leaders

• Hannah Krukewitt led with a team-high 12 points and went 6-of-6 from the line.
• Megan Barrett and Madelyn Stephen had 11 points each.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Rylee Stafford led all scorers with a game-high 21 points on 5-of-13 shooting and was one of four players to come away with four steals defensively.
• Raven Venegas posted a season-high 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting and pulled down seven boards.
• Kourtney White contributed 11 points and tied her season-high with nine rebounds.

Up Next

The Griffins return to action after the holiday when they'll visit Central (Iowa) on December 30^th. Tip-off at 4 p.m.

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