College Roundup

WINONA LAKE -ÊThe Grace College women's basketball team struggled at the free throw line Saturday, making just 11 of 26, and John Brown used that opening for a 76-57 win over the Lancers.

Grace made just two of its first 15 free throws, but connected on 9 of 11 down the stretch. By that point, John Brown had the game well in hand.

Nikki Heaphy led Grace with 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Danielle Mowery added 15 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Tracie Mezera tossed in 11 points.

Warsaw graduate Katie Elliott scored 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the field and 2-of-2 shooting from the free throw line for John Brown.

John Brown improves to 8-5 overall, while the Lancers fall to 6-8. Grace will close out the first semester of play at IPFW Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.

JOHN BROWN 76, GRACE 57

John Brown 33 43 - 76

Grace 24 33 - 57

John Brown -ÊMartha Hancock 8-13 3-3 21, Patty Decker 1-4 1-2 4, Lara Keeling 0-4 1-2 1, Allyson Irby 3-3 0-0 7, Sofie Voordeekers 4-8 1-2 9, Mindy Ralston 4-5 0-0 11, Lindsay Driscoll 0-2 0-0 0, Brandie Willis 0-3 2-2- 2, Amber Owens 1-4 1-2 3, Bethany Sites 0-2 0-0 0, Katie Elliott 4-9 2-2 10, Seritha Mahoney 2-2 0-0 6, Lorraine Otieno 1-1 0-0 2. Totals - 28-60 11-15 76

Grace -ÊTracie Mezera 5-10 0-4 11, Danielle Mowery 6-15 3-6 15, Sidney Bollier 2-6 0-0 4, Nikki Heaphy 7-11, 3-7 17, Arica Edwards 0-2 2-2 2, Kari Helmuth 1-8 0-0 3, Eleanor Marquis 1-4 3-4 5, Angie Krach 0-3 0-3 0. Total 22-59 11-26 57.

Three-pointers -ÊJohn Brown 9-20 (Ralston 3-4 Mahoney 2-2, Hancock 2-4, Decker 1-1, Irby 1-1, Owens 0-1, Elliott 0-1, Willis 0-2, Sites 0-2, Keeling 0-2), Grace 2-10 (Mezera 1-2, Helmuth 1-6, Bollier 0-1, Heaphy 0-1). Rebounds -ÊJohn Brown 43 (Voordeeker 6), Grace 36 (Mowery 8). Fouls -ÊJohn Brown 22, Grace 14. Fouled out -Ênone. Turnovers -ÊJohn Brown 26, Grace 24.

ALMA COLLEGE 76, MANCHESTER COLLEGE 46

Saturday in North Manchester

The Manchester College women's basketball team hosted Alma College and fell 76-46 Saturday afternoon. The Spartans fell behind 35-25 in the first half and then Alma outscored them 41-21 in the second half of play.

Missy Hoppe led the Manchester squad with 17 points, while no other Spartan scored more than six points on the day. Triton graduate Missy Nifong pulled down five rebounds to lead the Spartans.

Manchester is 1-7, while Alma improves to 3-4.

Alma 35 41 - 76

Manchester 25 21 - 46

Alma -ÊRebekah Downing 1-1 0-0 3, Joy Horton 3-5 0-1 8, Julie Whitmore 5-10 0-0 11, Janell Twietmeyer 4-7 0-0 9, Shelly Ulfig 4-11 7-14 15, Karen Vanderlaan 0-1 0-0 0, Kristie Gehrs 2-4 2-2 7, Colleen Trybus 1-2 0-0 2, Rebecca Pohl 1-2 2-3 4, Katie Bernthal 0-2 0-0 0, Julia Payne 1-2 2-2 4, Ane Love 3-4 2-2 8, Karen Hall 2-5 1-2 5. Totals -Ê27-56 16-26 76.

Manchester -ÊLibby Borror 1-4 0-0 2, Bridget Sanders 1-6 1-2 3, RaChelle Spearman 0-1 0-0 0, Samantha Wideman 0-6 0-2 0, Missy Hoppe 5-12 7-8 17, Kristin McClaren 0-0 0-0 0, Julie Heckman 2-6 2-2 6, Andria Peters 1-1 1-1 3, Katie Grieser 1-2 0-0 3, Amber Mowery 1-1 0-0 2, Angie Andrew 3-7 0-2 6, Melissa Nifong 1-7 0-0 3, Linda Cash 0-1 1-2 1. Totals -Ê16-54 12-17 46.

Three-point goals -ÊAlma 6-11 (Downing 1-1, Horton 2-3, Whitmore 1-2, Tweitmeyer 1-2, Vanderlaan 0-1, Gehrs 1-1, Payne 0-1), Manchester 2-16 (Borror 0-1, Sanders 0-2, Wideman 0-2, Hoppe 0-1, Heckaman 0-1, Grieser 1-2, Andrew 0-3, Nifong 1-4). Rebounds -ÊAlma 50 (Ulfig 15), Manchester 23 (Nifong 5). Assist -ÊAlma 15, Manchester 6. Steals -ÊAlma 13 (Ulfig 5), Manchester 13. Fouls -ÊAlma 18, Manchester 18. Fouled out -Ênone. Turnovers - Alma 26, Manchester 19.