CHAMPAIGN, ILL. – The number one ranked GVSU women's basketball team used a monster offensive output to take down in-region foe Drury 104-63. Led by six in double-figures, the Lakers stayed perfect on the year, moving to 11-0.
Drury scored the first four points of the game, but the Lakers responded with a 10-0 run to take a 10-4 lead. The outside shooting heated up from there, as
Abrie Cabana,
Avery Zeinstra,
Lexi Plitzuweit, and
Rylie Bisballe all connected from deep in the final four minutes of the quarter to help put GVSU up 28-12 after one.
The Lakers started the second period on a 17-4 run, getting threes two three-pointers from Zeinstra and another from
Paige Vanstee, pushing their lead up to 45-16.
Molly Anderson got in on the three-point barrage, hitting two of her own, and then Cabana hit another late in the quarter, putting GVSU up 60-24 at the half.
Rylie Bisballe began the second half with another Laker triple, then Plitzuweit hit a driving layup to bring the lead above 40 points at 65-24. The two teams traded buckets the entire third quarter, both scoring 23 points over the 10 minutes, ending with the Lakers leading 83-47.
GVSU got an 8-2 run to begin the final quarter, getting threes from Laruen Slagle and
Sydney Cherney. Cherney hit another triple to bring the Lakers over the century mark for the first time this season.
Avery Zeinstra had a career-high 16 points to lead the Lakers in scoring, shooting 6-8 from the floor and a perfect 3-3 from deep.
Rylie Bisballe,
Lexi Plitzuweit,
Nicole Kamin,
Paige Vanstee, and
Abrie Cabana all had 10 points. In total, 14 Lakers scored, as the team shot 54.7% from the field and hit 16 threes, tying a single-game program record.
Up Next
The Lakers finish out their road trip, traveling to Ohio State for a Tuesday afternoon matchup.