GRINNELL, Iowa - The Rockford University women's basketball team fell 67-53 on the road late Saturday afternoon to Grinnell College. The Regents again played solid basketball for three quarters, but it was ultimately a poor second quarter that decided the game. Rockford was outscored 22-8 in the period, with the 14-point differential being the exact margin of victory for the Pioneers. The Regents were just 2-for-11 from the floor in the second quarter, while Grinnell went a blistering 10-of-19. However, in the other three quarters combined, Rockford played even with the Pioneers and actually slightly outshot Grinnell 43.6% to 42.9%.
- The Regents scored the first seven points of the game and took a 7-0 lead at the 7:16 mark. Kennedy Gaddis scored the final five points of the run, including draining her only triple of the night.
- However, the Pioneers answered right back with an 8-0 run of their own, which covered a span of 2:24, and gave Grinnell its first lead of the day.
- Grinnell would extend its lead to as many as five before Rockford closed the quarter on a 5-2 run. Tyra Clark drained a triple and Jocelyn Callahan connected on a layup to make it a 16-14 game heading into the second quarter.
- With Rockford still trailing 24-22 midway through the period, Grinnell scored the final 14 points of the half and took a 38-22 advantage into the break.
- The Regents continued to fight and would eventually cut the deficit in half late in the third quarter. With less than 90 seconds left in the period and Grinnell still holding a 12-point advantage, Rockford scored five quick points, capped off by a Jocelyn Callahan three, to make it a 49-42 game.
- Rockford and Grinnell would then trade buckets over the remainder of the quarter and early portion of the fourth.
- Unfortunately, the Pioneers pulled away with ten straight points in the middle of the fourth, which gave them a 17-point lead with only 4:29 left in the game.
- Rockford was unable to get any closer than 11 the rest of the way and fell by a final score of 67-53.
- Tyra Clark tallied her fourth double-double of the season. She finished with a team-high 13 points, a season-high 15 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assist.
- Audrina Terhune added 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
- Lexi Keating chipped in 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal off the bench.
- Kennedy Gaddis had 5 points and 7 rebounds.
