SCRANTON, PA -- The University of Scranton women's basketball team dropped a hard fought battle to The University of Wisconsin-Stout in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals on Saturday night at the John Long Center.
The Basics
- Final Score: No. 23 Wisconsin-Stout - 81, No. 3 Scranton - 77
- Records: No. 23 Wisconsin-Stout (23-7), No. 3 Scranton (29-2)
- The Lady Royals finish a historic season that featured the program's 10th consecutive Landmark Conference Championship.
- This marks the eighth time in program history that Scranton has recorded 29 or more wins.
How it Happened
- Sophomore Meghan Lamanna opened up the game with back-to-back threes to fire up the crowd and give the Lady Royals an early 6-0 advantage.
- Following a pair of buckets from Stout, Lamanna hit her third three of the game to give Scranton a 9-4 lead with 6:15 remaining in the first quarter.
- Junior Jenna Sloan hit a floating jumper as the shot clock was expiring to put the Lady Royals up 13-5 at the 4:29 mark.
- Lamanna added three more threes late in the first quarter to complete an 18 point opening period as Scranton led 22-20.
- The Blue Devils hit a triple to take a 25-24 lead early in the second period, but graduate student Maddie Hartnett responded with a three of her own to put Scranton up two.
- The two sides continued to exchange baskets throughout the second quarter until Stout took a five point lead at the 2:47 mark, 36-31.
- The Blue Devils held a six point lead at halftime, 43-37.
- Stout connected from deep to start the second half and take a nine point lead, but junior Kaci Kranson brought Scranton back within six less than a minute later as she drilled a three of her own.
- Lamanna hit her seventh triple of the game at the 7:10 mark in the third period to close the gap to 48-46.
- With 5:33 remaining in the third, Lamanna struck again from deep to give Scranton its first lead of the second half, 53-52.
- A lay up from junior Kaeli Romanowski put the Lady Royals up five at the 4:26 mark in the third.
- Scranton held the lead until the 2:30 mark in the third when Stout tied the game up at 61-61.
- The Blue Devils closed out the third quarter with a three point lead, 68-65.
- Hartnett and Romanowski scored consecutive lay ups to begin the fourth quarter and give Scranton a one point advantage.
- Stout answered with a 5-0 run to regain a four point lead.
- Kranson tied the game up at 77-77 with 2:02 remaining as she scored a bucket in the paint following a steal on the defensive end from Hartnett.
- A couple of turnovers proved costly down the stretch for the Lady Royals as Stout closed out the game with a bucket in the paint and a pair of free throws to secure an 81-77 win.
Top Performers
- Lamanna matched her career-high with 24 points and tied the single-game program record with eight three-pointers. Her eight threes also marked the most by a Lady Royal in an NCAA Tournament game.
- Kranson dropped a team-high 25 points to go along with four rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals.
- Romanowski recorded 13 points, five boards, and four assists.
- Hartnett added nine points, five rebounds and six assists.
- Graduate student Kyra Quigley matched her season-high with five blocks while grabbing nine rebounds.
Inside the Box Score
- Scranton won the battle on the boards, 29-26.
- The Lady Royals shot 66.7% from three led by Lamanna (8-10).
- Raegen Sorensen led Stout with a game-high 33 points.
