News Release

MONMOUTH, Ill. — a carbon copy of their first meeting six weeks ago, the Monmouth College again held Knox to 19 first-half points, again took a 20-plus-point lead and again struggled late. But they also again beat the Prairie Fire, hanging on for a 69-56 victory despite allowing Knox to cut the gap to single digits with less than two minutes to play.
Whitney Shepherd scored half of the Scots' points in a 14-0 first-half run that gave Monmouth control of the game, and Ashley Yeast was also very busy before halftime, posting a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds in the game's first 20 minutes.
Yeast's post opponent, Liz Grana, was the story in the second half, and her effort, which resulted in 22 points and 17 rebounds, nearly brought Knox back. But the Scots struggled through some poor free throw shooting to finish off the season sweep.
Yeast wound up with 15 points and 14 boards, and Shepherd and senior Elyse Lambert each had 10 for the Scots, who finished 6-17 on the year and 5-11 in the MWC. Courtney Scherrer added nine points, five assists and five steals and senior Janella Johnson notched five points in her MC finale.
Knox, winless in the league, was 2-21 overall.