Women’s basketball team loses 83-40 at Albion

ALBION, Mich. – The Olivet College women's basketball team dropped an 83-40 game to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) foe Albion College tonight at Kresge Gymnasium.

• Final Score: Albion 83, Olivet 40
• Location: Kresge Gymnasium; Albion, Michigan
• Records: Olivet 5-14 overall, 2-8 MIAA; Albion 12-6 overall, 7-3 MIAA

• The Britons held a 24-6 lead after the first quarter, 40-16 at halftime and 65-20 at the end of the third quarter. Olivet out-scored Albion 20-18 in the fourth quarter.

• Junior Lily Connelly scored a team-high 10 points.
• Freshman Ella Gaffke came off the bench to score six points.
• Junior Madison Bailey grabbed a team-leading five rebounds.
• Senior Rachel Swartz blocked three shots to raise her career total to 102. She now needs eight blocks to become the Comets' career leader.

• Riley Davis netted a game-high 17 points.
• Elena Welker and Erin Young had 12 points apiece.
• Daniah Beavers pulled down 12 rebounds.

• The Comets welcome Trine (Ind.) University to the Cutler Event Center Saturday for a MIAA contest. Tip-off is set for a 1 p.m.