WELLESLEY, Mass. – The Wheaton College women's basketball team traveled to Wellesley College Saturday afternoon, defeating the hosts 61-49 in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contest at Gracia Mangano Martore '73 Court.

Wheaton outscored the Blue in all four quarters to earn their fifth win in their last six games and improve to 15-7 overall and 8-5 in conference. Wellesley drops to 3-17 on the year and 1-12 in the NEWMAC.

Four Wheaton players finished in double-figures, led by senior Alyssa Almario's 13 points. Senior classmates Kiley Shoemaker and Rebecca Arnone each scored 11, while junior Sophie Black came off the bench to score 12 points. Arnone also collected a game-high eight rebounds and five assists for the Lyons.

Sophomore Chelsea Brown had a breakout game for the Blue, scoring a career-high 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor to lead all players. Brown also knocked down a team-high four three pointers, as the Blue tied their season-high with nine in the contest. Classmate Kayla Jang added 13 points and tied for game-high honors with five assists. 

Both teams came out the gates ready to play, as Wellesley knocked down 5-of-8 three-pointers and Wheaton hit on 4-of-8 from beyond the arc in a back-and-forth opening quarter. With Wheaton leading 14-7 at 5:38, Brown and Jang knocked down back-to-back triples to put Wellesley out in front, 14-13. Wheaton countered with back-to-back buckets, before three-pointers from Jang and Berman helped Wellesley take a 19-18 lead at 1:18. Shoemaker and Black then hit on Wheaton's final two possessions of the quarter to give the Lyons a 22-19 lead going into the second.

The hot shooting carried over to the start of the second quarter, as each team hit three-pointers before Shoemaker made the score 27-22 with a layup at 6:22. Scott and Brown responded to knot the score at 27-all, before Shoemaker and Wellesley first year Ashley Woodbury exchanged points to run the score to 29-29. Wheaton closed out the quarter with a Black layup and an Arnone three to take a 34-29 halftime advantage.

After outscoring the Blue 12-10 in the second quarter, the Lyons would go on to outscore Wellesley by the same margin in the third. Almario and Black each added four points in the quarter, while Brown scored seven for Wellesley, as the Lyons carried a 46-39 lead into the game's final quarter.

Wheaton closed out the contest in the fourth, opening the quarter on an 8-1 run to take a 54-40 lead, following a pair of free throws from Oppie Morris at 4:17. The Lyons would go on to lead by as many as 15 points before closing out the 61-49 victory.

Wheaton will return to action on Wednesday, February 10, when they host Emerson at 8:00 PM.