INDIANAPOLIS – No. 6 Marian defeated Huntington on Saturday afternoon 71-54 to highlight Senior Day. Five Knights scored in double figures to help the team pick up the win and move to 23-2 overall, 14-1 in Crossroads League play.
Marian got out to the 6-2 start after Ella Collier worked the Huntington defense with the spin move to score the first points of the game. A jumper by the Foresters ended the run before the Knights got eight straight points, with four coming from Abbey McNally during the spurt to give Marian the 14-4 lead. HU managed to cut the deficit to single digits to close out quarter one 18-9.
The Foresters were able to get within six at the 9:01 mark after a quick layup and three-pointer. Kinnidy Garrard put her team back up ten after she made the post move, but the visitors responded right back with jumper at the top of the lane. Huntington cut the Marian lead down to five with 2:44 to play in the period, but it was the Knights closing out the first half with a 9-2 run behind the efforts of Tamia Perryman. Perryman canned a triple and hit the layup with 26 seconds left to give her team the 37-25 advantage at the break.
Huntington found some life to them after the break as they cut the deficit to 39-31 behind a 6-2 start. Perryman and Aliyah Evans gave a big spark as the duo combined for 13 of their teams 19 points in the quarter. With 2:23 to play in the quarter Evans connected with Perryman for the transition layup to put Marian up 51-36. HU came back with a pair of freebies, but it was Evans scoring the last five points of the quarter to help her team take the 17-point lead at 56-39 after the third.
Marian saw their largest lead at the start of the fourth quarter when they got up to as many as 22 after Evans and Collier scored. The Foresters got back-to-back triples from Emily Seboe, but it was Evans and Collier teaming up again to go ahead 65-45. Huntington never stopped fighting as they were able to cut the score down to 71-54 after hitting the jumper with 52 ticks remaining. The Score would remain as is, with Marian picking up the win.
Collier and Evans each scored 14 to lead Marian. Perryman added 13 points and two blocks, while Garrard picked up the double double with 10 points and 10 boards, while also having three blocks. McNally scored 10 and corralled seven rebounds, Wehner had six points and Sara Majorosova led the team in assists with six.
The Knights will be on the road Wednesday, February 8 at Spring Arbor for a 7 p.m. tipoff.
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