ST. JOSEPH, Minn. — Hamline (1-0) defeated Loras (0-1) 71-54 on Friday, highlighted by a 10-0 third-quarter run that stretched a 34-32 game into a 44-32 advantage. Hamline finished with a 49-36 rebounding edge and got 36 points from its bench.
Loras scored first on an Emma Thompson layup, but
Emma Lamppa answered with a 3-pointer off
Maddie Sundberg's assist to give Hamline a 3-2 lead at 8:56. The teams traded the lead four more times over the next three minutes, with
Brynn Leibfried scoring inside at 7:12 and again at 5:59, when her layup and free throw put the Pipers ahead 8-6.
Taylor Klement followed with a 3-pointer,
Phaley Yang added a free throw and Lamppa hit another 3-pointer to push Hamline's lead to 15-7 before Loras worked back to 15-13 on scores from Mila Van Weelden and Thompson. Yang's 3-pointer at :31 and
Alida Simonson's tip-in at the horn closed the quarter with Hamline in front 20-13.
Lamppa opened Hamline's second-quarter scoring with a steal and fast-break layup at 9:49 for a 22-13 lead, but Loras followed with layups by Emma Thompson, Sheamarie Ashley and Macy Harnden before Leibfried pushed the Pipers back to 24-19 at 7:28. Mila Van Weelden hit a 3-pointer and assisted Addy Haynes on a layup that tied the score at 24-24, and Van Weelden's two free throws at 5:35 put Loras in front 26-24. Yang answered with a 3-pointer off Lamppa's assist at 5:03 to put Hamline back ahead 27-26, and
Alida Simonson added a tip-in before scoring inside and making the free throw at 3:28 for a 32-27 lead. Leibfried's layup made it 34-28 at 2:20, and Loras closed with two Thompson free throws and Kiah Davis' layup at :00 to leave Hamline ahead 34-32 at halftime.
Maddie Sundberg's 3-pointer at 9:50 started a 10-0 Hamline run from 34-32 to 44-32, with
Josie Schmidt adding a steal and layup, a 3-pointer and two free throws during the stretch. Loras cut the margin to 46-41 after Emma Thompson scored inside, Kiah Davis hit a 3-pointer and Sheamarie Ashley added a jumper, but Simonson answered with a 3-pointer for Hamline at 3:45. The Pipers pushed the lead back out with free throws from Schmidt and Simonson before Thompson's fast-break layup brought Loras to 53-44. Leibfried scored off a Schmidt assist with 53 seconds left, Schmidt added a late free throw, and Hamline carried a 56-44 lead into the fourth quarter.
After a Loras free throw at 9:25, Hamline held the visitors without another point until Kiah Davis hit a 3-pointer at 4:21, using a
Taylor Starks layup, a Klement 3-pointer off an assist from Lamppa and a Simonson free throw to move ahead 62-48. Loras applied pressure with steals and free throws, pulling the score to 62-52 by 3:10. The Pipers answered late when Yang hit a 3-pointer at 2:00 and Klement followed with another 3-pointer off an assist from Leibfried at 1:38. After Loras scored inside,
Maddie Sundberg added a free throw and
Josie Schmidt's steal set up Yang's layup with 57 seconds left, closing Hamline's 71-54 win.
Simonson scored a team-high 13 points, made all four of her field-goal attempts and added seven rebounds and three blocks. Yang finished with 12 points and made 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
Josie Schmidt posted 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals. Klement added 11 points, eight rebounds and three 3-pointers.
Hamline is 1-0 overall. Loras is 0-1 overall.
Up next, the Pipers play Minnesota Morris on Saturday, Nov. 7, at noon in St. Joseph, Minn.
