Pride fall in rematch with Grand View 93-79

Pride fall in rematch with Grand View 93-79
Box Score
January 22, 2025

DUBUQUE, Iowa - Finishing off a quick two-game homestand, the Clarke University women's basketball team was unable to find the win column in a 93-79 home loss to Grand View University on Wednesday night.

Similar to their home loss on Saturday to Benedictine College, the Pride had a tough stretch in the second quarter where GVU outscored Clarke by 10 points as an extended stretch for the first half of the second quarter put the Vikings up 15 points by way of a 21-7 run after entering the period up 23-20.

The other three quarters of the game finished with Grand View only outscoring CU by four with the Vikings largest lead being 21 points in the third quarter as the closest Clarke would get from that point on was pulling the game back to a 13-point deficit at 71-58 late in the fourth quarter.

Both teams had three players finish with double figures as the game's leading scorer was Grand View's Ella Larsen who finished with a 32-point, 14-rebound double-double as she scored 14 of her 32 in the big second quarter where she went 6-for-6 in the period. Cleao Murray added 23 points and Eva Solseth finished with 12 points, five rebounds, and five assists as the other Vikings in double figures in the game with five other players at least recording one make from the field.

For the Pride, Zoe Kennedy fought foul trouble after picking up three fouls in the first half and a fourth foul early in the third quarter but still finished with a team-high 19 points and added seven rebounds while Hailey Walters had 17 points and Josie Potts added 15 points. Maci Kuchta was a basket and assist shy of a double-double with eight points and nine assists while Reese Ryan finished with seven points and nine rebounds off the bench in 15 minutes.

Clarke women's basketball will be on the road for their next two Heart of America Athletic Conference games over the next two Saturdays with a home non-conference game sandwiched in the middle next Monday as they're next game will be at Central Methodist University on Saturday, Jan. 25 with a 12:00 p.m. CT scheduled tip.