PARKVILLE, Mo. – Women's Basketball led wire-to-wire on Wednesday night as they earned a 7-point win over Park University in Heat play.
After leading by as much as 14 points in the third quarter, the Ravens cooled off down the stretch as they earned a 59-52 win over the Pirates. The win improved the Ravens winning streak over the Pirates to five in Heart play and eight straight overall dating back to 2012.
Alleigh Kramer got the scoring started for the Ravens with an early 3-pointer in the opening seconds of the game. A jumper by Twilah Carrasquillo made it 7-0 Ravens before the Pirates scored their first points of the game.
Benedictine closed out the first quarter with a pair of free throws from Kramer and opened the second quarter with a pair of free throws from Aaliyah Raines. The Pirates closed within two points before the Ravens closed out the first half outscoring the Pirates 14-6. Kramer ended the first half like she did the second quarter, with a pair of free throws, to push Benedictine to a 10-point advantage at the break.
Jennifer Jacobs opened the third quarter with an old-fashion 3-point play before Carrasquillo pushed Benedictine ahead by their largest lead, 42-28. Park held Benedictine scoreless until inside the final 90 seconds of the quarter to cut their deficit down to 6 points heading to the fourth quarter.
Josie Weishaar hit Benedictine's final basket of the game, a 3-pointer, with 3:23 left in the fourth quarter to put Benedictine up by 11 points which proved too much for Park to overcome. The Ravens were limited to three free throws over the final three minutes of the game, but the Pirates could only score seven points of their own to fall by seven points.
Kramer and Weishaar led the Ravens with 11 points each. Jacobs just missed out on a double-double, scoring 10 points and pulling in 9 rebounds.
Benedictine remains on the road for their final Heart game of the semester, traveling to Dubuque, Iowa, on Saturday to take on No. 8 Clarke University at Noon.
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