SCORE: Wheaton 81 - Mount Holyoke 48

RECORDS: Wheaton (7-9, 2-5 NEWMAC) - Mount Holyoke (0-14, 0-8 NEWMAC)

LOCATION: Norton, Mass. (Emerson Gymnasium)

THE RUNDOWN:  

• Wheaton ended the opening half with a 52-45 advantage over the Mount Holyoke College Lyons, thanks to 14 points and 5 rebounds from Sara McLeman, and 9 points apiece from Ruthie Zientek and Mikayla Pucci.
• The second half was more of an even match, as Wheaton only outscored Mount Holyoke, 29-24 over the final 20 minutes. The hosts would reach their largest lead of the day, however, after Natalie Wind hit a three with 4:29 to go in the third to lift the Lyon advantage to 39. 
• McLeman and Pucci went on to lead the Lyons overall, as Pucci scored 14 and McLeman notched a 14-point, 10 rebound double-double. Emily Cuthbertson was productive as well, recording 11 points, 5 assists and 5 boards. 
• The visiting Lyons were led by a 20-point performance by Raquel Fitzpatrick. Leah Hodges and GraceAnne Woods totaled 12 and 10 points, respectively, to go along with a combined 6 rebounds in the loss.
• Wheaton's bench produced 32 of the team's 81 points in the win. 

THE BASICS:

• Field Goals: Wheaton 33-79 / Mount Holyoke 21-46
• 3-Point FG: Wheaton 12-34 / Mount Holyoke 2-3
• Free Throw: Wheaton 3-5 / Mount Holyoke 4-7
• Points off Turnovers: Wheaton 27 / Mount Holyoke 4 
• Field Goal %: Wheaton 41.8 / Mount Holyoke 45.7
• 3-Point %: Wheaton 35.3 / Mount Holyoke 66.7
• Rebounds: Wheaton 48 / Mount Holyoke 25
• Assists: Wheaton 23 / Mount Holyoke 5

UP NEXT: Wheaton travels to Worcester, Mass. on Saturday, January 20 for a NEWMAC contest vs. WPI at 2:00 p.m.  VIDEO / LIVE STATS