The Beloit College women's basketball team celebrated the seniors in style with a 71-60 win over Knox College, tied for fourth in the Midwest Conference standings, in Flood Arena Saturday afternoon. The victory marks the Buccaneers' second straight after BC topped St. Norbert, tied with Knox for fourth in the league, Tuesday evening. Buc senior Shelby Kline and Candace Cunningham were recognized prior to the game along with senior managers Joanie Wiley and Eriq Johnson. 

The Bucs struggled to find their offensive rhythm against the Prairie Fire's zone in the first half shooting just 30-percent from the floor in the period. Knox was more efficient hitting 55-percent of their shots from the field to head into intermission with a 28-23 lead. 

Beloit found that rhythm in the second half as increased ball movement led to three after three after three. Shelby Kline hit the first top open the scoring in the third for the Bucs. In Beloit's next offensive possession, Kelly McClean found Lauren Glaser for the triple and then Kelly Loudon got in on the action making it three consecutive possessions with a three ball. Candace Cunningham interrupted the party from beyond the arc with a layup. Just 30 seconds later Loudon struck again, and then once more. All in all, in the first 4:50 of the third quarter, the Bucs knocked down five threes and a layup to take a 40-36 lead in the game. 

Knox rattled off four in a row to knot the game 40-40 with 4:07 on the clock. On Beloit's end, an offensive rebound led to another long ball as Glaser knocked it down off a pass from Kline to reclaim the advantage, 43-40 with 3:10 remaining in the third stanza. The Bucs outscored the Prairie Fire 25-15, exceeding their total from the entire first half of the game, in the third quarter and held the lead the rest of the way. 

The Bucs turned their offensive efficiency around in the second half shooting 60-percent (6-10) from beyond the arc in the third quarter and 67-percent (8-12) from the floor int he final period. For the game, the Bucs shot 44-percent (24-54) from the field, 36-percent (10-28) from three-point range and 68-percent (13-19) from the free throw line. Knox was 53-percent (24-45) from the floor and 65-percent (11-17) from the charity stripe while hitting just one of their ten shots from long range. 

Kline led all scorers with 23 points adding three assists and two steals. Loudon dropped in 19 including the nine points off of three threes in less than two minutes in the third quarter. She added a game-high seven rebounds and three steals also tallying three assists in the contest. 

Beloit's final home game of the season is set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday as the Bucs host Grinnell College in a game that was rescheduled from the dangerous cold.