Ravens Women's Basketball picked a win against a top-15 opponent at home Friday night.
The (RV) Ravens knocked off the (15) Lyon College Scots 61-50 to improve to 4-1 on the season.
The teams were knotted up 12-12 after one quarter of play and remained tight for the first 6 minutes of the second quarter. That's when the Ravens defense turned up the pressure on the Scots.
The Ravens held Lyon scoreless in the final 4 minutes of the half. On the offensive end, the Ravens used a 9-0 run to close out the half and take a 32-21 lead into halftime. Alleigh Kramer punctuated the run with a 3-pointer right before the halftime buzzer.
Kramer had 4 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists in the first half. Skylar Washington knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and had 10 points to lead the Ravens in the first 20 minutes.
The Ravens pushed their lead to as many as 17 points in the third quarter, but the Scots finished the quarter on a 6-0 run. The teams headed into the fourth quarter with the Ravens still up 11 points, 46-35.
The Ravens asserted themselves again to begin the fourth quarter, taking a 16-point lead on a Washington 3-pointer. The Scots were able to chip into the Ravens lead and cut it to single digits, 55-47, with 3 minutes left to play, but the Ravens never let the visitors get any closer. Free throws by Kramer and Aaliyah Raines, plus a steal by Heather Ronnebaum that led to a Washington fast-break basket helped seal the deal as the Ravens won by 11 points.
Washington's 18 points were a team-high. She was joined in double-digits by Raines, who had 12 points to go with 6 rebounds, and Ali Brzozowski who had 11 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Kramer had 8 rebounds and 6 assists to go along with her 7 points in the game.
The Ravens will close out the BC Classic at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 against the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy. UHSP defeated Baker University in double-overtime in the opening game of the BC Classic Friday night.
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