EUGENE, Ore. – The Northwest Christian University women's basketball team shot 11-for-22 from three-point range on Tuesday night and shot over 50% from inside the arch as well, taking care of Corban University, 78-71.
 
Head Coach Heath Alexander said, "I was really pleased with our team tonight. We did a great job of carrying over the work we did in practice to the game tonight. We moved the ball well and shot the ball well."
 
The Beacons rebounded after a slow start that saw Corban hit 64% of their shots in the first quarter, taking a 24-16 lead. NCU responded in the second quarter by hitting 8-for-12 from the field to even the game at 40-40 at intermission.
 
NCU started to pull away after the break, due in large part to five third-quarter three-pointers from Jeni Hoffert. She would add another distance bucket in the fourth quarter to give her six.
 
The Warriors (6-7, 0-5 CCC) were led by Maddey Pflaumer who scored a game-high 25 points, shooting 10-for-18 from the field. Sadie Pilgeram added 17 points on the back of three treys and Maci Benedict scored 12 points and four assists.
 
The Beacons (6-6, 3-2 CCC) were led by the 21 points performance of Monique Thompson who added seven rebounds, four assists and three steals. Hoffert finished with 18 points, shooting 6-for-10 from range. Katerina Brejchova (pictured) had another stat-sheet filling night with 10 rebounds, nine points, five assists and five steals.
 
"Jeni did a great job for us tonight hitting some big shots," said Alexander. "This team battled back and played some of our best basketball of the year down the stretch against a good Corban team. Kat B gave us a little bit of everything, Kenzie Weston was a spark off the bench and Monique really competed on D."
 
Northwest Christian will return to action in ten days, closing out the calendar year in Washington as they take on Walla Walla University at 12:00 p.m.