Raiders beat Lakeland in NAC Challenge to secure No. 3 seed in conference tournament
|
Published: 02/18/2012 |
|
|
Senior center Carol Cayo recorded her 15th double-double of the season as MSOE women's basketball defeated Lakeland 60-53 Saturday afternoon the Northern Athletics Conference Challenge. The victory gives the Raiders the No. 3 seed in the NAC Tournament. MSOE (16-9) will host Concordia-Chicago Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the quarterfinals.
Cayo put in 16 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out six assists and blocked three shots. The other four Raider starters, senior guards Kathleen Collingbourne and Marguerite Wellstein, junior forward Cate Scholfield and sophomore forward Shannon Larson, each had eight points. Wellstein and Collingbourne combined for 11 rebounds. Off the bench, freshman forward Bre'Ana Strong added seven points and five rebounds.
MSOE led by as many as nine in the first half and had a three-point advantage at halftime. The Muskies never had the lead in the game as they tied the game three times in the first half but couldn't any closer than one point in the final 20 minutes of action.
