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No. 20 Green Bay women hold off Wright State 75-68
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Allie LeClaire scored 22 points, Jessica Lindstrom added 19 and No. 20 Green Bay won its 10th straight game, 75-68 over Wright State. Karly Murphy added 14 for the Phoenix (21-2, 11-1 Horizon) and Caitlyn Hibner had 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Allie LeClaire scored 22 points, Jessica Lindstrom added 19 and No. 20 Green Bay won its 10th straight game, 75-68 over Wright State on Saturday.
Karly Murphy added 14 for the Phoenix (21-2, 11-1 Horizon) and Caitlyn Hibner had 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. Chelsea Welch scored 24 points and Mackenzie Taylor 17 for the Raiders (16-8, 7-5).
After a 3-pointer by Emily Vogelpohl gave Wright State a 45-38 lead to open the third quarter, the Raiders missed their next six shots. But a basket by Welch at the 4:04 mark put the Raiders on top 49-48. However, they missed their next 12 shots, Green Bay scored the first 10 points of the fourth quarter and held on, making 6 of 8 free throws in the last 30 seconds.
Wright State made 5 of 25 shots in the second half but was 14 of 18 from the foul line. Green Bay shot 60 percent in the second half.
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