WINONA LAKE, Ind. - Grace College's women's basketball team had a season best six-game win streak come to an end against No. 5 Marian on Saturday afternoon.

The Lancers' (11-9, 6-4 Crossroads League) offense was muted in the contest, shooting just 35 percent from the floor and ultimately falling 70-47.

Grace started the contest strong jumping out to a 4-9 lead thanks to buckets from Bekah Marshall and Maddie Ryman. On the defensive side of the ball the Lancers held Marian (19-1, 10-0 CL) scoreless through the first 4:32 of play.

After the Knights' finally broke the seal on the basket, they went on a 15-2 run to quickly jump ahead by nine-points. Kate Rulli added a late basket for the Lancers after a nice feed from Molly Long to make the score 15-8 in favor of Marian at the quarter break.

Grace and Marian traded scores to start the second frame with the Lancers buckets coming via trifectas from Kaylee Patton and Long which cut the deficit down to five points.

The Knights worked their lead up to as many as 12 points, until a 3-point shot from Morganne Houk cut it back down to single digits.

At halftime the Lancers trailed 33-21. Grace shot 32 percent from the floor in the opening half while Marian hit at a 67 percent clip. Grace was out rebounded 17-10

In the third quarter Marian proved their ranking as the No. 5 team in the country. The Knights opened the half on a 12-0 run to take a stranglehold on the contest.

Long and Marshall broke the run up with three free throws, but were unable to slow Marian's offense which exploded for 26 points in the quarter and pushed their lead to 30 points.

Grace started the fourth quarter with a pair of quick scores from Patton and Ryman. Grace shot an efficient 5-9 from the floor in the final frame to help the Lancers outscore the Knights 16-11 over the final 10 minutes of play.

"I thought we played a little tentative tonight and you won't win playing that way against a team as good as Marian," said Grace head coach Dan Davis. "We got off to a good start but didn't play our brand of ball until late in the third quarter. Thought we settled down in the fourth and finally started to look like ourselves."

Patton led Grace with 12 points while also adding 4 steals, 4 assists and 3 rebounds. Ryman had eight points and Murphy added five rebounds.

Grace finished the game 35 percent from the game while Marian closed out the game at 58 percent. The Knights out rebounded the Lancers 35-18.

The Lancers will return to action for a pair of road games next week. They travel to Indiana Wesleyan on Wednesday and Spring Arbor on Saturday.