Women’s Basketball upsets No. 16 Lawrence Tech 63-60

Box Score

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Cornerstone led by three points at the break against the league-leading Blue Devils from Lawrence Tech and that score held up as the Golden Eagles posted the 63-60 upset inside Mol Arena. Ellery Mast (SO/Zeeland, Mich.) had a game high 18 points to help CU improve to 13-9 overall and 11-4 in the WHAC. CU will stay finish a 3-game home stand on Saturday against UM-Dearborn at 1 p.m.

Game Flow
Cornerstone and Lawrence Tech played a pretty even first quarter until the last few minutes when the Golden Eagles caught fire and scored the final seven points to take a 16-12 lead. The lead grew to eight halfway through the second but LTU closed out the half like a Top-25 team to trail by only three 30-27.

The strong Blue Devils play carried into the third and they held a 43-41 lead with under 10 seconds to play but a triple from Mya Udell (FR/Ada, Mich.) gave the Golden Eagles a 44-43 lead. LTU again came out strong in the 4th and re-took the lead and upped the margin to as many as eight (56-48) with under five minutes to play. Jesse Sheridan (FR/Argyle, Texas), who battled foul trouble in the first half and was held scoreless then caught fire and scored seven straight points and combined with four from Ellery Mast helped CU go up 61-60 with under 15 seconds to play. CU got a stop on the next possession and Mast hit a pair of free-throws with 3.3 seconds to play to ice the win.

Say What?
"We played LTU strong at their place but they got us in the end. This is a nice win for our program and gives us momentum going down the stretch" - Head coach Katie Mattera

By the Numbers
15 – Points from Jesse Sheridan after having 0 at halftime
21 – CU forced 21 turnovers from the Blue Devils
18 – Team high 18 points for Ellery Mast (6/8 field goals)
16 – Assists on 22 made baskets for CU (four assists from Jill Steenwyk (SR/Sparta, Mich.))
10/7 – Getting the start, freshman Sarah Morrell (FR/Plainwell, Mich.) had 10 points and 7 rebounds

Up Next
Cornerstone will finish off a 3-game home stand on Saturday when they welcome UM-Dearborn to Mol Arena for a 1 p.m. tip.

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