Women's Basketball Keeps On Winning, Extends Streak Out To Five

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University women's basketball team made it five straight victories on Saturday after coming away with the 70-47 win over MacMurray. This is the longest winning streak in conference play for Fontbonne since the 2016-17 season.

Final: Fontbonne 70, MacMurray 47

Location: DSAC

Records: Fontbonne (9-8; 8-2 SLIAC), MacMurray (5-12; 3-7 SLIAC)

How It Happened

In the first quarter, after the Highlanders made it a 5-4 contest at 7:28, the Griffins went on a 15-0 run over the next four minutes to take a commanding 20-4 lead on Madison Boaz made jumper. They held that double-digit lead the rest of the way to lead 25-9 at the break.

Fontbonne was rolling the first going 10-of-16 form the field and forced 10 MacMurray turnovers. Kourtney White led the floor with eight points.

In the second quarter, a 3-pointer made from Mallory Proffer had the Griffins well out in front, 35-17, with 5:04 remaining. The team closed out the quarter on a 5-0 run with Riley Guffey's 3-pointer and Jillian Venegas' layup extending the lead out to 42-21 at the break.

In the third, the Griffins opened with a 9-0 run to lead 51-21 after Rylee Stafford's made both free throws with 5:42 remaining. MacMurray closed out the quarter outscoring Fontbonne 15-13 but the Griffins still lead by 31 heading to the fourth.

In the finale, the Highlanders outscored Fontbonne 11-6, however, the Griffins were able to go on for the 23-point win.

Inside The Numbers

• Fontbonne shot 42.1 percent from the floor and went 15-of-18 (83.3 percent) from the field.
• The Griffins outrebounded MacMurray 35-30.
• Defensively, they forced 21 turnovers and turned it into 26 points.
• MacMurray ended with a 29.8 field goal percentage.

MacMurray Leaders

• Brookelynn Cardwell led with nine points off the bench.
• Alexis Doyle and Maddie Ashcraft tied with eight points each.

Fontbonne Leaders

• Raven Venegas returned to the lineup to go a perfect 6-of-6 from the field in 11 minutes to end with 12 points.
• Riley Guffey came off the bench to tie Raven Venegas with 12 points.
• Kourtney White was the final player in double-figures with 11.
• Jillivan Venegas filled up her stat line with eight points, eight boards, and dished out a career-high six assists.
• Rylee Stafford added eight points and went 6-of-6 from the line.

Up Next

The Griffins will now head on the road next week and first up is Blackburn. Tip-off at 5:30 p.m., on Wednesday.

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