NORTH NEWTON, Kan. - The Bethel College Women's Basketball took on the University of Saint Mary Spires Saturday afternoon inside Threshers Gym. After a slow start to the contest Bethel closed strong outscoring Saint Mary by ten points in the final ten minutes as they took a 69-60 victory.

The first quarter was ugly for the Threshers they went just 1 of 17 from the floor scoring just 7 points. After shooting just over 5% in the opening quarter, Bethel flipped the switch in the second quarter as they shot over 55% from the floor and 66.7% from three point range to trail by just 4 points, 28-24, at the break.

Bethel's shooting returned to normal numbers in the third quarter as they outscored Saint Mary by three points to trail by one heading into the final 10 minutes of play. Troi Lucas finally started to look like herself after coming back from a back injury as she led the Threshers offense. Bethel had its best scoring quarter of the contest in the fourth thanks to going 12 of 13 from the charity stripe. Bethel was able to outscore the Spires 27-17 to complete the second half comeback and get back in the win column.

Key Statistic
 
Four Threshers scored in double figures led by Troi Lucas with 15 points. Jaycee Freshour(13), Kayla Newman(11) and Josie Calzonetti(10) were the other Threshers in double figures.
 
By The Numbers
 
The Threshers lost the points in the paint battle 26-22.
 
Bethel finished the game with 5 steals and 3 blocks in the win. 
 
Seven Threshers scored in the win.
 
Bethel controlled the glass out-rebounding Saint Mary 43-37.

The Threshers got 29 bench points in the win and scored 15 points off of turnovers.

Five Threshers recorded multiple assists in the contest led by Josie Calzonetti with 3.

Thresher Leaders
 
Points: Troi Lucas (15)
 
Rebounds: Kayla Newman (8)
 
Assists: Josie Calzonetti (3)
 
Steals: Josie Calzonetti (3)
 
Blocks: Alex Bearup, Josie Calzonetti, Jaycee Freshour (1)
 
Next Up
 
The Threshers will hit the road for the final time this regular season on Wednesday February, 16th as they travel to Salina to take on Kansas Wesleyan with tip-off scheduled for 6:00 PM.