Benedictine ends Falcon season 53-50

Mequon

Benedictine improved to 15-11 on the season and will play in tomorrow night's NAC Tournament Championship game at Lakeland after upsetting Concordia 53-50 in a Buuck Fieldhouse cliffhanger.

The contest was tight all the way with CUW trailing 51-50 as senior Falcon guard Meghan Matthies drove the baseline with :03 remaining in the contest. Her potential game-winner was rejected, however, and CUW was forced to foul on the rebound. A pair of free throws with just fractions of a second left accounted for the final margin.

Tiffany Hendrickson led the Falcons with 18 points including a trio of 3 point successes. Two of her long range bombs helped bring CUW back from their largest deficit (37-29) with ten minutes remaining.

Pearl Wallace ended her career with a 15 point and 11 rebound effort. She is ranked sixth in all-time career rebounding for the Falcon program.

Stacey Brunner's team, which finished 17-10 overall and won the NAC North for a 4th consecutive year, shot just 36%.

Seniors Wallace and Matthies contributed to an outstanding 83-27 overall record during their four Falcon seasons- including two NCAA appearances.