Box Score EVANSVILLE, Ind. --- The Bellarmine Knights scored the first eight points of the game and never trailed as they cruised to a 76-50 win over the Notre Dame College Falcons on Sunday afternoon in the finale of the USI Thanksgiving Classic.

Senior Rachel Greenwell scored the Knights' first six points on back-to-back three pointers as Bellarmine (3-1) blew the game open at the end of the first half by going on a 13-3 run over the final five minutes to double up the Falcons 42-21 at the break.

Greenwell, who had a rough shooting day on Saturday, scored 14 first half points to equal her career-high, finishing with 20 points on 7-12 shooting. Meanwhile, Betsy Goodin, who had the game-winner against Lake Superior St., came back with 20 points of her own to go along with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and two steals.

The Knights turned in a strong performance defensively, holding the Falcons to 30.2% shooting (15-53) and shut down their leading scorer Lauren Macer. The senior guard came into Saturday's game averaging 16.5 ppg, but the Bellarmine “D” held her to only five on Sunday on 1-11 shooting.

Hitting 25 of 52 shots of their own, for 47.2%, Coach Chancellor Dugan was pleased with her team's execution. “We looked good offensively. For the most part, we were getting the looks that we wanted on our sets and that's a credit to how they prepared in practice this week.”

Stretching their lead to as many as 32, Dugan subbed freely in the second half as 13 players saw action. Junior Therese Montano chipped in eight points while Darion Hutchinson came off the bench to contribute six points and a team-high six boards. The Knights edged Notre Dame in the rebounding column, 36-35.

Danielle Liedrich and Molly Ritz each had 12 points for the Falcons, who committed 23 turnovers that led to 27 points for the Knights.

Bellarmine will return to the friendly confines of Knights Hall on Tuesday as they welcome in-state foe Berea College for a 7 p.m. game.

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