Winona Lake, Ind. – The No. 6 Marian women's basketball team picked up their 20th win of the season behind a career-high from Allison Bosse to help the Knights take down Grace 65-56 on the road. The win moves Marian to 11-1 in Crossroads League play and 20-2 overall.

Grace got on the board first, but it was Marian getting a bucket on the next possession from Kinnidy Garrard. Allison Bosse swished in the triple to spark a 6-0 run to put the Knights up 8-2 with 5:52 to go in the first quarter. The Lancers ended the run by knocking down the layup and triple to cut the lead down to one. Marian closed out the first quarter with a 10-4 spurt that saw six points coming from Bosse to help her team have the 18-11 lead.

The second quarter of play was more even as each team scored 16 points in the period. Once again it was Grace getting the first points of the quarter as they opened up with a 5-2 run to cut their deficit to 20-16 at the 6:43 mark. Marian saw their largest lead of the game at 3:42 mark after getting scores from Bosse and Garrard to go ahead nine. The two teams went back and forth the remainder of the quarter with Jayla Wehner having the last say as Ella Collier found her for the three-pointer. The Knights would hold the 34-27 lead going into halftime.

After the break, the Lancers began to eat at the Marian lead with a 6-2 run to start the second half. With Grace trailing only by three, Collier responded for the Knights with a pullup jumper before Aliyah Evans connected with Bosse for her 17th point of the game to put Marian up 40-33 with 6:11 to go in quarter three. Grace got within two behind a three-pointer from Jenna Blakley, but Bosse prevailed again with a three-pointer and jumper to put Marian ahead 47-40. Karlee Feldman and Kiersten Findley answered for Grace to make it 47-43. Evans found Garrard for the jumper with 28 seconds left to put Marian 49-43 going into the final quarter of play.

Collier got the first bucket 12 seconds into the fourth quarter that turned into an 8-2 run to give Marian their largest lead of the game at 55-45. A jumper from Feldman put an end to the run, but it was Collier and Bosse teaming up again for the next eight points to put the Knights up 12 with 2:37 to play. Grace had no answer for Marian as the Knights went on to win 65-56.

Bosse had a career-high 27 points to lead Marian, while also adding four rebounds. Garrard added 13 points and Collier added 10. Abbey McNally pulled down a team-high eight rebounds and scored seven points. Sara Majorosova dished out a game-high seven assists.

The Knights will return to action on Saturday when they make the trip to Goshen for a 1 PM tipoff.

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