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Box Score

TOLEDO, Ohio (Dec. 30, 2014)-- The University of Wisconsin-Parkside women's basketball team owned an early lead but was unable to hold on, closing out the calendar year with a 70-43 exhibition setback to Division I University of Toledo on Tuesday night.
 
The host Rockets (7-4) tallied the opening four points but the Rangers (7-3) battled back, seizing the lead with a 10-2 run. A Kristin Conniff three sparked the Ranger rally with Parkside claiming its first lead of the game on a Conniff layup with 16:11 left in the opening half. Stephanie Furr capped off the run with a trey of her own, giving the Rangers a 10-6 edge with 15:21 left in the first half.
 
A Jennifer Blunt layup extended the Parkside buffer to six points but a 6-0 Rocket run tied the game at 15-15 with 11:13 left. Conniff sunk another three to push the lead back up to three but Toledo netted the next nine points to seize the lead for good, enjoying a 37-21 lead at the halftime intermission after UW-Parkside was held scoreless the final five minutes of the half.
 
The Rockets owned a double-digit buffer the entire second half en route to the 27-point win.
 
Gaby Bronson led the Rangers with 11 points and five rebounds. Conniff poured on eight points with three steals while Tara Knapstein had five assists.
 
Inma Zanoguera led the Rockets with 27 points while Janice Monakana had eight points and 11 boards.
 
The Rangers shot just 28 percent (14-for-50) from the floor while committing 24 turnovers while Toledo shot 39.7 percent (23-for-58) including 46.7 percent (seven-for-15) from beyond the arc. In a rules quirk, the game was considered an exhibition contest for UW-Parkside but was a regular season non-conference game for Toledo.
 
The Rangers return to the hardwood and resume Great Lakes Valley Conference play on Friday, Jan. 2, traveling to Kirksville, Missouri to face Truman State University at 5:30 p.m.