Peru State College Athletics

(Lindsborg, Kansas)- The Peru State College women's basketball team suffered a 66-56 setback against Non-Conference Bethany on Thursday night.
 
The loss drops Peru State to 2-1 overall while the Swedes rise to 1-0 on the year.
 
The first quarter would open with MaKinley Tobey (Broken Bow, Nebraska / Broken Bow High School) cashing in on a three-pointer to spark a 7-2 run over the first three minutes, a three-point shot from the Swedes would cut the advantage to two (7-5) before Erison Vonderschmidt (Falls City, Nebraska / Fall City Sacred Heart High School) would make a layup through a foul then convert the free throw on the start of another 7-2 stretch to end the first leading by seven (14-7).
 
Bethany would utilize a 7-2 push of their own over the first four minutes of the second period to pull the lead within two (16-14) before back-to-back threes from Tobey would take the lead up to eight (22-14). Seven straight from the Swedes would drop the lead to one with 3:14 remaining before a layup from Lauryn Dusatko (O'Neill, Nebraska / Central Valley High School) followed by a three from Maile Hrabe (Smith Center, Kansas / Smith Center High School) took the advantage to six (27-21), a 5-2 spurt from Bethany would bring the game within three before Hrabe would go 1-2 from the line after a foul to take the Bobcats into the half leading 30-26.
 
A 7-2 Bethany run over the opening 3:15 of play in the third quarter would give the Swedes their first lead of the night (32-31), Neither team could break away in an 11-point series to see the score at 38-37 before an 8-1 Bethany burst would extend the advantage to eight (46-38) with 1:15 left in the third, Vonderschmidt would score the final four points of the quarter to drop the lead to four (46-42).
 
Another layup from Vonderschmidt to start the fourth would bring Peru State within two (46-44) before an 8-2 series going 4-4 from the line for Bethany would pull the lead to eight, the Bobcats would find a 7-4 run to cut the advantage to five with 2:53 remaining, but an 8-2 blow from the Swedes would be the nail in the coffin as Bethany would take the win 66-56.
 
Vondershmidt would lead the offense, going 7-17 from the field with five free throws to total 20 points which the senior paired with 11 rebounds for her second double-double on the season. Tobey went 5-18 with four made three-pointers to record 14 points on the night while tagging on seven rebounds, Hrabe scored 13 points going 4-10 from the field and 4-6 from the line while Dakota Haner (Beatrice, Nebraska / Freeman High School) paced the team with five assists and 12 rebounds on the night.
 
Defensively Vonderschmidt would swat three shots while Dusatko would total two steals, the Bobcats would hold Bethany to 4-20 from the three-point line while out rebounding the Swedes 37-27.
 
Peru State will be on the road as they travel to participate in the Omaha Hardwood Classic where they start off by playing Non-Conference Ottawa on Friday, November 6^th at 1:00 PM.