WINONA LAKE, Ind. - Grace's women's basketball team handled Miami-Hamilton on Friday in the opening game of the Val Weinstein Classic.
The Lancers won 117-71 behind the team's fast-paced attack.
Grace used early offensive boosts several players to gain an early edge.
Allyson Rideout began the scoring with a 3-pointer.
Shortly afterwards,
Lily Kreischer converted an and-1,
Emma Sperry swished a 3, and Caydence Clark quickly followed with a 3-pointer of her own as Grace led by 13.
Kila Foster scored two layups in quick succession near the end of the quarter as Grace led 29-13 at the quarter break.
The Lancers forced the Harriers into 10 first-quarter turnovers, scoring 15 points off those miscues.
Grace began the second quarter on a 16-4 surge, building up a 28-point cushion.
With 2:23 remaining,
Cam Conley's 3-pointer pushed Grace's lead up to 30.
Sperry hit a late triple, helping Grace to a 65-36 lead as the game reached halftime.
The Lancers scored the first seven points of the second half to continue their momentum.
Midway into the third quarter, Grace unleashed 10 straight points with five coming from Sperry and five from
Brookelynn Buzzard.
Two more 3s in the final minute from
Braylin Terrell and
Jenna Reed gave Grace a commanding 99-55 lead as the game entered the final stanza.
Grace slowed the pace in the fourth quarter and put up their lowest point toilet of the game with 18 points. The Lancers still outpaced the Harriers in the frame.
Kreischer pushed the Lancers over the century mark with an early jumper and Rideout had a trifecta on the next possession.
Seven different Lancers scored for Grace in the final quarter and Abbie Ritezma had more than one field goal.
Ellia Foster had the final points for the Lancers at the charity stripe to close out the 117-71 victory.
Grace was incredibly efficient from the floor. They shot 57 percent from the field and 41 percent from beyond the arc with 14 made field goals. Grace held Miami to 32 percent and only gave up four trifectas.
Sperry led the way for Grace with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.Rideout had 16 points and Kreischer had 15 points with seven rebounds.
The Lancers wrap up their home classic with a 3 p.m. showdown with Cumberland, a team who is receiving votes in the NAIA preseason poll.
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