INDIANAPOLIS - After holding a 10-point edge at halftime, the No. 16-ranked Marian College women's basketball team fell to Spalding University on Wednesday night, 68-66, at the Physical Education Center.

 

The Knights fell for the second straight game after rattling off 15 consecutive wins to start the campaign. They are now 15-2 on the season.

 

The story of the ballgame, other than the 33-22 Spalding edge in free throws, was that the Knights could only capitalize on a single-game record 25 offensive rebounds to the tune of eight second-chance points. The Golden Eagles also controlled the block in the second half en route to the comeback win.

 

Junior Kristin Houck (Brownsburg, Indiana/Brownsburg) tallied her first double-double of the season as she notched 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. She had seven rebounds on the offensive end.

 

Junior Theresa Fairbrother (Danville, Indiana/Danville) added 12 points and five rebounds for the Knights while fifth-year senior Whitney Frame (Lynn, Indiana/Randolph Southern) added nine points and four assists. Junior Molly Lauck (Greenwood, Indiana/Center Grove) had eight points and seven boards for the Knights.

 

The No. 16-ranked Knights head to Mishawaka, Indiana, on Saturday for a Top 25 showdown with No. 11-ranked Bethel College on Saturday. Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m., and can be heard LIVE on Regional Radio Sports Network online at rrsn.com.