QUINCY, ILL. – Redshirt senior Laura Szorenyi and junior Alex LaPorta combined for 39 points Thursday night to lead the University of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball team to its fourth straight win with a 61-56 Great Lakes Valley Conference victory at Quincy.
 
Szorenyi scored a game-high 20 points, while LaPorta notched her third straight and seventh double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds.
 
UMSL overcame 19 turnovers and 33.9 percent shooting by holding a 44-25 rebounding advantage, including a 19-6 edge on the offensive end.
 
RECORDS
UMSL (11-11, 6-7 GLVC), Quincy (7-14, 3-10 GLVC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons led by as many as 12 before having to fend off the Hawks to secure the win.
 
UMSL closed the first quarter with a 14-3 run, ignited by 12 straight, to take a 22-11 lead. The Tritons made 4-of-5 field goals during that run, including both three-pointers.
 
Quincy outscored UMSL, 21-13, in the second quarter to pull within 35-32 at the break, erasing a 12-point lead by the Tritons at 26-14 with 6:11 to play.
 
The Hawks tied the game at 37-37 early in the third quarter before six unanswered by UMSL ended the frame, giving the Tritons a 51-43 advantage heading into the final 10 minutes.
 
Quincy got within three at 55-52 with just over two minutes remaining, but would get no closer.  
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Sophomore McKenzie Lathrom notched her third straight game in double figures off the bench, finishing with 10.
• Junior Danielle Berry equaled her career-high 11 rebounds, while also adding four assists and two steals.
• UMSL was 17-of-20 at the free-throw line, which included 4-of-4 in the final 23 seconds.
• Quincy shot 40.7 percent.

 
UP NEXT
UMSL travels to Truman State on Saturday for a 1 p.m. game.