Final Stats
CHICAGO - The UNO women's basketball team saw its four-game win streak come to an end Sunday afternoon, as the Mavericks fell at Loyola Chicago, 69-57.
The Mavericks (7-4) were led by
Heather Pohl's season-high 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Paige Frauendorfer also had 18 points to go along with seven rebounds. Simone Law had a game-high 28 points to lead the Ramblers (5-5). She also had 13 rebounds. Troy Hambric chipped in 16 points and 15 rebounds.
Playing their first road game and first game against a Division I opponent since Nov. 27, the Mavericks led the Ramblers in the early going.
UNO went up 14-11 with 8:42 left in the first half when Pohl hit her third 3-pointer of the game. But the Ramblers closed out the half on a 19-6 run and claimed a 33-20 halftime lead.
In the second half, Loyola Chicago pushed its lead to as many as 19 at 60-41 with 6:21 remaining. However, UNO reeled off a 13-4 run to cut the lead to 10 with 2:44 left, 64-54. Freshman
Cathleen Cox, who started her first career game and played a career-high 30 minutes, knocked down a 3 to start the comeback attempt, and Frauendorfer recorded an old-fashioned three-point play to draw within 10. But the Mavs could get no closer the rest of the way.
The Mavericks matched their season low of 16 turnovers and equaled Loyola with 24 points in the paint. UNO outscored Loyola Chicago 37-36 in the second half and turned the ball over just twice after the break. Frauendorfer had 14 of her 18 points in the second half alone.
But for the game, the Ramblers nearly doubled up the Mavericks in free throw attempts (25 to 13) and outshot UNO from the field, 37.5 to 31.7 percent.
Zenta Liepa finished with seven points and four rebounds off the bench. Cox had six points and four assists. Pohl hit 4-of-8 from long distance and sank all six free throws she attempted.
UNO stays in the state of Illinois to face Summit League foe Western Illinois on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
