APPLETON, Wis. -- The Ripon College women's basketball team broke the game open late in the first half and rolled to a 62-37 Midwest Conference victory at Lawrence University on Wednesday.
Erin Lind scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds to pace Ripon (10-6, 7-2 MWC). Emily Meyer added 11 points for the Red Hawks. Katie Condon paced Lawrence (0-16, 0-9) with 12 points, and Laura Aerts added 11.
Lawrence led 9-8 on Aerts' jumper with 13:37 left, but Ripon scored the next 10 points, six by Heidi Baerenwald and four by Meyer, to grab an 18-9 lead. Katie Van Es stopped the run with a jumper to cut the margin to 18-11 with 9:56 left in the opening half.
Ripon held Lawrence scoreless for the remainder of the first half and scored the next 19 points to lead 37-11 at the break.
The Red Hawks opened the second half by scoring the first four points to lead by 31 at 42-11. That would be the Ripon's biggest lead of the game.
Ripon took advantage of its chances at the foul line, hitting 13 of 18. Lawrence shot only two free throws on the night. The Vikings also committed a season-high 37 turnovers.
Lawrence returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Carroll University.