ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sophomore guard Colette Duininck dropped a career-high 23 points in Royals' impressive 71-60 win at Hamline Wednesday evening.
 
The Bethel University women's basketball team led wire-to-wire in the win and had four scores reach double figures. Avenging an earlier loss into the season to the Pipers, they snap a five-game losing streak to Hamline. BU moves to 9-7 overall and 7-4 in MIAC play.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half
• Bethel opened the game on an 8-0 run before giving up its first bucket to the Pipers with 6:08 left.
• The Royals led by as many as nine in the first with both teams picking up steam from the field. A three from Alli Born at the horn gave the Royals an 18-14 advantage after one.
• Lauren Johnson ended a three-minute scoring drought that Bethel weathered in the middle of the second quarter.
• Holding Hamline to 25 percent from the field in the second, Bu took a 29-25 lead into the locker room.
 
Second Half
• Bethel's early scoring came at the free throw line while going on an 8-0 run midway through building a 43-31 lead.
• Duininck capped out a seven-point quarter dialing in from three in the closing seconds of the third giving BU a 49-35 advantage.
• It was Duininck's layup with 8:17 left in the fourth that gave the Royals their largest lead of the night at 51-35.
• The Royals sealed the victory at the line going 9-for-9 in the final 70 seconds.
 
KEY PERFORMERS
• Colette Duininck's big-time performance came on 7-of-12 shooting, 7-of-8 at the line, and she added a career-high seven rebounds.  
• Anna Garfield added 18 points with six rebounds and four assists.
• Rosalie Penke added 13 points while Lauren Johnson contributed 11.
 
UP NEXT
The Royals take their three-game winning streak up north to Concordia, where the Cobbers hold a four-game winning streak. Tip off is set for 1 p.m.
 
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