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91
Winner Central Mich. CMU 6-4,0-0 MAC
41
Valparaiso VALPO 0-12,0-1 MVC
Winner
Central Mich. CMU
6-4,0-0 MAC
91
Final
41
Valparaiso VALPO
0-12,0-1 MVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Central Mich. CMU 16 28 21 26 91
Valparaiso VALPO 2 17 10 12 41

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Shorthanded Beacons Fall to Central Michigan

Playing without its leading scorer Wednesday, the Valpo women's basketball team dropped its nonconference finale to visiting Central Michigan, 91-41.
 
How It Happened
  • It was a struggle from the start for the Beacons, as their lone points of the opening quarter came on a coast-to-coast layup from Allia von Schlegell (Downers Grove, Ill./Nazareth Academy) 3:30 into the game. CMU led 16-2 at the end of the first period.
  • The Chippewas extended their advantage throughout the second quarter, until a late 7-0 run for Valpo made it 44-19 game at halftime. von Schlegell knocked down a triple around layups from Kayla Sullivan (St. Louis, Mo./Lutheran North [State Fair C.C.]) and Kamryn Winch (Bonne Terre, Mo./North County [Maryville]) for the late spurt.
  • CMU led 65-29 at the end of the third quarter.
 
Inside the Game
  • Valpo played Wednesday without the services of Fiona Connolly (South Burlington, Vt./Brewster Academy [La Salle]) due to injury, and then lost Autumn Dibb (Muskego, Wis./Muskego) to injury early in the second half.
  • von Schlegell paced the Beacons with 14 points, including three 3-pointers. It is her sixth double-figure scoring effort of the season, the most in nonconference play by a Valpo freshman since Meredith Hamlet had eight games with 10+ points against nonconference foes as a rookie in 2015-16.
  • Winch was Valpo's second-leading scorer, hitting 3-of-5 off the bench for seven points while also grabbing six rebounds.
  • Mor Shabtai (Tel Aviv, Israel/Tichonet) matched her career best and led the Beacons with nine rebounds, while also tallying three assists against just one turnover.
  • Bella Swedlund (Winner, S.D./Winner [Toledo/Kansas]) knocked down the first field goal of her collegiate career.
  • Valpo shot 25% from the floor and was just 4-for-31 from 3-point range, while CMU hit at a 51.5% clip from the field and was 6-of-17 from deep.
Click Here For Postgame Press Conference with Head Coach Courtney Boyd 

Next Up
Valpo (0-12, 0-1 MVC) opens the heart of MVC play on Monday, Dec. 29, hosting UNI at the ARC for a 1 p.m. matinee.
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