ALLENDALE, Mich. – The Grand Valley State women's basketball team snapped Ashland's 33-game win streak, 25-game conference win streak, and 22-game road win streak on Saturday by a score of 73-68 inside the GVSU Fieldhouse Arena. The Lakers improve to 3-0 on the season, while the Eagles fall to 2-1. The official Top-25 poll (WBCA) has not been released, however Ashland was ranked #2 in the D2SIDA Top-25 poll and GVSU came in at #7. The two teams will meet again tomorrow at 3 PM.
 
Junior guard Brooke McKinley scored a team-high 20 points on 5 of 9 shooting from behind the arc and classmate Hannah Kulas poured in 18 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and recorded three steals. Senior Qay Stanton (14 points) and junior Emily Spitzley (11 points) also finished in double-figures for the Lakers.
 
GVSU jumped out to an 13-2 lead midway through the first quarter on pair of buckets from Samantha Gehrls and Kulas, but Ashland chipped away and trimmed the Laker lead to 22-16 at the end of the frame. The Lakers grew their lead to 33-20 with 6:00 minutes left in the second quarter on a McKinley three-pointer before Ashland went on a  8-0 run in less than two minutes to make the score 33-28. GVSU would answer, going on a 9-0 run of their own and took a 42-30 lead into the half.
 
The Lakers scored the opening points of the third quarter but went on a seven-minute scoring drought which allowed Ashland to tie the game at 44-44 with 3:47 left in the third. GVSU entered the fourth quarter up by three and McKinley three-point gave them a six-point lead, 54-48, with 8:58 remaining in the contest. The two teams traded baskets for much of the quarter before the Lakers secured their largest lead of the quarter on a pair of free-throws by Stanton with 33 seconds left.