Plymouth, Wis. – The Dominican University Women's Basketball team traveled to Lakeland University for their first home game since late January.

Results:
Lakeland: 70
Dominican: 65

   How it Happened:
   -Sophomore Lia Saunders got the scoring going for Dominican getting a bucket with under eight minutes to go in the first quarter.
   -Dominican hit 3 threes on three possessions cutting their deficit to just 1 point, with Freshman Maya Kasuboski hitting two of them.
   -Lakeland went on a run to end the first quarter and took a 23-11 lead to the second.  
   -The Stars had a fantastic second quarter shooting 46% from the field and getting contributions from everyone. Players to score in the quarter, Graduate Student Melissa Gomez, Junior, Kamila Gajkowska, Freshman Danielle Washington, Freshman Elizabeth McCabe, and Saunders.
   -Washington and Kasuboski led the way for DU in the first half with 6 points, both hit two threes.
   -The Stars faced a 39-28 deficit going into the break.  
   -Freshman Chenoa Moss found her groove after the halftime break scoring 5 points in the quarter. The Stars and The Muskie's defense tightened up in the third with only 23 total points.
   -The fourth was the complete opposite though, with 45 total points in the quarter.
   -Sophomore Kaitlyn Milison caught fire for DU scoring 3 of the first 5 buckets in the fourth.
 -The Stars pushed the game to a one-possession game with 5 minutes to play, after Gomez hit a fast-break layup.  
   -Lakeland pushed their lead back out to 7 points with two and a half minutes to play.
-Kasuboski would cut the deficit to just 3 after a made three with 30 seconds left.
-The Muskies iced the game from the charity stripe in the final 10 seconds of the game.
-Dominican won every quarter of the game, except the first one.
-The Stars shot 35% from the floor.  

   Shining Stars:
   -Graduate Student Melissa Gomez had a bounce-back game with 16 points on 8-12 shooting from the charity stripe.
   -Sophomore Kaitlyn Milison recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
   -Freshman Chenoa Moss tallied 10 points in her 16 minutes of game time.  
   -Freshman Maya Kasuboski had her best game in her young collegiate career scoring 10 points on 3-4 shooting from downtown.  
-Sophomore Lia Saunders did the dirty work for DU today collecting 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals.
 
   Leading the Way:
   Points: Gomez (16)
   Rebounds: Milison (11)
   Assists: Saunders (6)
   Steals: Saunders (4)
   Blocks: N/A (0)
   Minutes: Gomez (36)

   What's Next:
   Dominican University Women's Basketball moves to 5-16 on the season and a 1-11 record in the conference. The Stars will be back on the road Wednesday night as they travel to Rockford University. Tip-off between the Stars and the Regents is set for 7:00 p.m.

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