WILMINGTON, Ohio – The Spalding women's basketball team stormed back in the fourth quarter, but fell short against Wilmington, 85-74, in the championship game of the Damon's/Hampton Inn Tipoff Tournament in Wilmington, Ohio. The loss drops SU to 1-2, while Wilmington improves to 2-0.

THE BASICS
THE SCORE: Wilmington 85 – Spalding 74
LOCATION: Fred Raizk Arena, Wilmington, Ohio
RECORD: Spalding 1-2, Wilmington 2-0

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Golden Eagles got off to a slow start falling behind 32-20 after one quarter. The Quakers kept their foot on the gas to start the second outscoring SU, 24-6, to balloon their lead to 30 points. Spalding answered with a 7-0 spurt to end the half cutting the margin to 23 at the break. SU locked down on defense in the third quarter holding Wilmington to 38.8% shooting the quarter, but the Golden Eagles could not capitalize as they went ice cold shooting 20% from the field. Despite being down 25 points, SU clawed their way back cutting the deficit to 11 points at the final horn.

- Allison Just had an outstanding shooting performance, leading all scorers with 20 points shooting 87.5% from the field, including a perfect 5-for-5 from beyond the arc. Alex Martin and Megan Goeing both added 10 points apiece.

- Lelanda Matthews led SU on the boards with seven rebounds while also scoring seven points. Tselem Gahagan and Martin both passed out four assists.  

- For the game, Spalding shot 41.9% overall and 43.5% from beyond the arc, while Wilimington finished with a 48.5% mark and 50% from the three-point line.

FOR THE FOES
- McKayla Binkley paced Wilmington with 15 points, while Savannah Hopper added 12 points.  

UP NEXT
- The Golden Eagles will be back in action Tuesday evening taking on Centre College at 7:00 pm EST in Danville, Ky.