LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN - The Grand View women's basketball team led at halftime and going into the fourth quarter but fell 57-46 at Viterbo on Tuesday night. Viterbo outscored the Vikings 24-8 in the fourth quarter.
Viterbo hit two early threes and two layups to lead 10-2 after Lily Smith opened the scoring with a jumper. The Vikings answered with an 8-2 run to close the quarter. Claire Galbraith scored on a layup assisted by Smith and made the free throw, Taryn Ottemann added a layup assisted by Smith, and Eva Solseth made a free throw. Galbraith's layup, again assisted by Smith, made it 10-12 after one quarter.
The second quarter was the Vikings' best stretch. Gabby Dwanyen opened it with a three-pointer assisted by Galbraith to give Grand View a 13-12 lead, but Viterbo went back up 20-13 with a layup and two threes. From there Grand View scored 15 of the next 16 points. Ottemann made two free throws, Galbraith scored a jumper and made two free throws, and Solseth hit back-to-back threes, both assisted by Smith, to put the Vikings ahead 26-21. Solseth made a free throw in the final seconds, and Grand View led 28-21 at halftime.
Viterbo cut into the lead early in the third quarter and pulled within two at 28-26. Solseth answered with a three-pointer assisted by Smith, and Ellie Knock made two free throws to make it 33-26. Viterbo came back to within three at 36-33, helped by several offensive rebounds, but Solseth hit a jumper assisted by Knock with about a minute left to put the Vikings up 38-33 going into the fourth.
Grand View went the first three and three-quarter minutes of the fourth quarter without scoring, and Viterbo took a 39-38 lead. Knock scored two layups, the first assisted by Galbraith and the second by Addalyn Rooney, to put the Vikings back up 42-40. Viterbo tied it at 42-42 with about five minutes left, and Grand View missed its next several shots. Viterbo scored the next nine points, with most of them coming at the free-throw line as Grand View committed 12 fouls in the quarter. Galbraith made two free throws and Solseth added a layup in the final minute, but the Vikings couldn't close the gap.
GAME NOTES:
- Eva Solseth led the Vikings with 17 points on 6-13 shooting, including 3-6 from three-point range, and added 5 rebounds.
- Claire Galbraith scored 11 points with 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
- Ellie Knock had 6 points and 6 rebounds, and Lily Smith had 5 points and a team-high 6 assists.
- Taryn Ottemann added 4 points and 6 rebounds, and Gabby Dwanyen scored 3 off the bench.
- Grand View shot 27.3% from the field and 18.2% from three-point range, and went 12-17 at the free-throw line.
- Viterbo outrebounded the Vikings 41-29 and had a 17-6 advantage in points off turnovers.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Grand View falls to 1-2 on the season. The Vikings play next at Dordt University (Iowa) in Orange City, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 6, at 2:00 p.m.
