QUINCY, Ill. -- The University of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball team rolled to a 73-53 win over Quincy on Saturday afternoon at Pepsi Arena in Quincy, Ill. The Tritons improve to 20-3, 16-1 GLVC while the Hawks drop to 13-10, 10-6 GLVC.
 
Saturday's win marked the fifth time UMSL has won at least 20 games in a season and four of those have come in the Katie Vaughn era.
 
Mara Rieder got the Tritons started with a layup before Quincy hit an eight-point run in the first two minutes of play thanks to their three-point shooting. Lexi Hanna answered with a three of her own before a Rieder layup sparked a nine-point run by the Tritons to retake the lead at the midpoint of the quarter.
 
UMSL continued to find success on offense in the second half of the quarter. Jaeda Wilson and Morgan Ramthun found space to drive to the basket. The Tritons rebounding on the defensive end prevented the Hawks from second chances, sending UMSL into the second quarter with a six-point lead.
 
Despite a quick start for Quincy in the second quarter, Rieder free-throws helped keep the Tritons out in front. Hanna continued to find the three, scoring her second at the 6:37 mark of the quarter off a feed from Jayden Kuper.
 
Kuper gave the Tritons a 10-point lead with a layup assisted by Ramthun at the three-minute mark. Free-throw shooting in the final three minutes sent UMSL into the locker room up 35-24 at halftime. 
 
Rieder had an answer for the two Quincy baskets scored in the first five minutes of the third quarter, scoring two layups and a free-throw.
 
Wilson and Anna Costa Riera drained threes on back-to-back possessions to extend the Triton lead while the defense limited the Hawks to a single three-point make in the final five minutes of the quarter.
 
UMSL's stingy defense continued in the fourth quarter, limiting the Hawks to just six-points in the first five minutes. Costa Riera continued to find the basket, as did Wilson, to stretch the Triton lead to as many as 26 points.
 
Quincy made a late push along with some Triton substitutions but Mireia Casas made a late layup assisted by Abby Peterson to restore the 20-point UMSL lead at the end of the game.
 
The Tritons shot 48 percent (23-for-48) from the floor in the contest including 6-of-12 from three and shot 88 percent at the foul line. UMSL outrebounded the Hawks 41-to-24 and had 14 assists 23 made field goals.
 
Rieder finished with a game-high 21 points and led Tritons in double figures in scoring in the contest. Costa Riera tossed in a career-high 16 points while Wilson added 11 points and Ramthun had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
 
Quincy hit its first three shots of the game but after that was 14-of-50 from the floor to finish shooting 32 percent (17-for-53). It was 8-of-19 from three and shot 69 percent at the foul line. Hayven Harden was the lone Hawk player to reach double figures in scoring with 12 points.
 
UMSL returns home for its final homestand of the season starting next Thursday (Feb. 19) against Truman State at 5:30 p.m. on Chuck Smith Court at the Mark Twain Building.