Winona Lake, Ind. --- The Bethel University Women's Basketball team (4-13, 0-8) fell to the RV Grace Lancers (13-5, 6-2) by a score of 84-56 on Wednesday night inside the Manahan OCC. Bethel trailed early, allowing a 7-2 run with sophomore Maiah Shelton scoring on a jumper at 7:36 in the first quarter.

Nyla Asad would break up another Lancer 15-6 run with a jumper at 2:58, but the only other point scored in the first quarter was a freethrow by sophomore guard Addi Jones.

The Pilots would chop down the Lancer lead with a fastbreak bucket by Claywell to make it 30-21 at 2:23 in the second quarter but fell behind by 14 at the intermission, 39-25.

Ellia Foster would score eight points in the third quarter, including two three-pointers but Grace continued to pull away in the second half as the Pilots struggled shooting at just 28% for the game and being outrebounded 50-38.

Foster and Maiah Shelton were the only two Pilots to score in double figures, each scoring 11 points respectively.
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

• Maiah Shelton had two season highs of nine rebounds and five assists, one rebound shy of a double-double.
• The Pilots were outrebounded 50-38, resulting in nine second-chance points.
• Bethel allowed 56 points in the paint and 29 fast-break points.

 
NEXT TIME OUT
Bethel will host Goshen College for the first US 20 Highway Cup of the season on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 1:00 p.m. on the Regional Radio Sports Network with coverage beginning at 12:45 p.m.
 
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