Spartans Edge Anderson

NORTH MANCHESTER - The Manchester College women's basketball team picked up a 64-59 win over Anderson University Wednesday night.

Sara Irish led Manchester with 14 points on the night, while Missy Hoppe added 13 points and a team hihg eight rebounds for the Spartans.

Anderson's Rachel Miller led all scorers with 27 points and 13 rebounds for the Ravens.

Manchester improves to 6-8 on the season and 2-2 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Spartans travel to Mount St. Joseph Saturday with a 2 p.m tipoff.

MANCHESTER 64, ANDERSON 59

Manchester (6-8, 2-2 HCAC) -ÊIrish 5-11 1-1 14, Andrew 3-8 0-0 8, R. Miller 1-10 0-0 3, Cash 1-4 2-4 4, Hoppe 6-13 1-2 13, Borror 3-3 2-4 8, Mowery 2-5 2-2 6, Spearman 0-1 0-0 0, Eckert 3-3 0-0 6, Wideman 0-1 2-2 2. Totals - 24-59 10-15 64.

Anderson (5-10, 0-5 HCAC) -ÊCook 2-6 0-3 4, A. Miller 2-9 0-0 5, McMillan 3-6 5-6 11, Clodfelder 2-10 2-2 7, Miller 10-15 7-8 27, Stutzman 0-4 1-2 1, Mayer 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 1-3 2-4 4, Strange 0-0 0-0 0. Totals -Ê20-53 17-25 59.

Three-point goals - Mancheter 6-16 (Irish 3-7, Andrew 2-3, Miller 1-6), Anderson 2-9 (Cook 0-1, Miller 1-5, Clodfelder 1-3). Rebounds -ÊManchester 33 (Hoppe 8, Miller 7), Anderson 40 (R. Miller 13, Cook 7, McMillan 7). Assists -ÊManchester 12 (Borror 3), Anderson 9. Steals -ÊManchester 9, Anderson 8. Total fouls -ÊManchester 18, Anderson 13. Turnovers Manchester 18, Anderson 21.

TAYLOR UNIVERSITY 63

GRACE COLLEGE 55

Wednesday in Upland

The Grace College Lancers fell 63-55 to conference opponent Taylor University Wednesday in Upland.

Eve Arthur led thhe Lancers with 16 points, while Danielle Mowery added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Grace.

TAYLOR 63 GRACE 55

Grace -ÊDevros 1-4 0-0 3, Arthur 8-16 4-7 16, Mowery 6-17 3-6 15, Doron 2-9 4-4 8, Helmuth 1-6 0-0 3, Marquis 1-2 0-0 2, Rees 0-0 0-0 0, Mantegna 4-11 0-0 8. Totals - 20-66 11-17 55.

Taylor -ÊChivington 2-3 0-0 4, Rubel 3-6 0-1 6, Dennison 0-2 1-3 1, Hutton 2-4 4-4 8, Noyas 2-6 2-2 7, Carlson 4-9 0-0 10, Simms 2-3 0-0 6, Turner 1-3 0-0 2, 0-3 4-4 4, Peak 6-9 3-4 15. Totals -Ê22-48 14-18 63.

Three-point goals - Gracce 4-11 (Devros 1-1, Arthur 2-4, Helmuth 1-4, Doron 0-2), Taylor 5-12 (Rubel 0-1, Noyas 1-3, Carlson 2-5, Simms 2-2, Turner 0-1). Rebounds -ÊGrace 43 (Mowery 10, Doron 9), Taylor 32 (32 (Peak 6). Assists -ÊGrace 15 (Doron 5, Helmuth 5), Taylor 13. Steals - Grace 7 (Arthur 4), Taylor 8. Total fouls -ÊGrace 19, Taylor 15. Turnovers -ÊGrace 18, Taylor 22.