Parkside 88, Lake Superior State 71
A big third quarter propelled the Parkside women's basketball team to their third straight win, and a series sweep over Lake Superior State. Redshirt-junior Claire Jakaitis led the Rangers with a career-high 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting, while junior Hannah Plockelman registered a double-double, finishing with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
 
DOWN THE STRETCH
Coming out of the break with a one-point lead, the Rangers ripped off a 22-2 run in the first six minutes of the second half. With much of the Lakers defensive attention on junior Alyssa Nelson, multiple Rangers stepped up, including senior Alexis Vaughn who scored 15 of the team's 30 third-quarter points. The run gave the Green & White with a 71-50 lead heading into the final frame, and that proved to be too much to overcome for the visitors.
 
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A LOOK AT THE BOX SCORE
After pulling down 13 rebounds in the contest, Plockelman has now registered three straight games with 10+ rebounds. Vaughn finished with 17 points and seven assists, and junior Courtney Schoenbeck notched a career-high 13 points to go with six assists.
 
Parkside shot a cool 31-for-62 (50.0-percent) from the field, 12-of-24 (50.0-percent) from three, and 15-of-15 (93.3-percent) from the free throw line. The visitors, on the other hand went 25-for-57 (43.9-percent) from the floor, 6-for-20 (30.0-percent) from three, and 15-for-16 (93.8-percent) from the free throw line. The Rangers won the rebounding battle 39-25, and finished with a season-high 27 assists.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Parkside will close out the regular season next week at GLIAC-leading Michigan Tech. Game one will take place on Friday, Feb. 26 at 2p.m., and game two will tipoff on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m.