The Malone University women's basketball team dropped to 3-5 on the season and 1-2 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) after suffering a 70-44 loss to Hillsdale College Thursday night in southern Michigan. The game was close throughout the first three quarters and Malone trailed by just two points early in the fourth, but a 17-0 run by the Chargers proved to be the Pioneers' undoing.

Recap
Hillsdale (3-5, 2-1 G-MAC) opened a 15-14 lead after one quarter while freshman guard Robin Campell accounted for half of the Pioneer scoring. In the second quarter, neither team shot well as the Chargers, who were just 4-of-17, outscored the Pioneers 9-6 in the frame. Malone was held to just three field goals on 19 attempts, including a nifty reverse layup by Madison Hunter underneath the basket which made it a 24-20 game going into the second half.
 
Points came a little bit easier in the third quarter for the Pioneers, who knocked down three of their four third-quarter triples during an 11-3 run that put them ahead 31-29 midway through the stanza. Hillsdale, however, answered with a layup on its next possession and would eventually take a 42-38 lead into the final period.
 
On the second possession of the fourth quarter, a Sydney Wentling layup cut the deficit to just two points at 42-40, but from there, Malone went ice-cold and Hillsdale red-hot. The Chargers scored the next 17 points and 28 of the final 32 to secure a misleading 70-44 victory.
 
Game Highlights
-Hillsdale shot 10-of-14 (71.4%) in the final quarter and 27-of-67 (40.2%) for the game. The Chargers were 8-of-29 from three-point range.
-The Pioneers made only 3-of-20 (15.0%) fourth-quarter field goal tries. They finished just 17-for-66 (25.8%) from the field and 6-of-30 (20.0%) from three over the course of the game. A usually efficient free-throw shooting team, Malone went only 4-of-9 (44.4%) from the charity stripe.
-Hillsdale blocked seven Malone shots, altered a half-dozen others, and held a 54-39 edge in rebounding.
-The Chargers outscored Malone 19-8 in second chances, 18-6 off the bench, and 30-22 in the paint.
-The Pioneers took care of the basketball, committing just seven turnovers, but could not overcome their worst shooting performance since the 2017 NCAA Tournament when they scored just 40 points on 17.2% shooting at Ashland.
 
Malone Individual Highlights
-Robin Campbell scored a team-high 14 points and pulled down four rebounds.
-Chrissie Vaughan totaled nine points, six rebounds, and two blocked shots
-Naomi Grandison added eight points
 
Hillsdale Individual Highlights
-Three different Chargers scored in double-digits, including Allie Dewire, who finished with 16 points, 12 rebounds, and three assists.
-Forward Makenna Ott tallied a game-high 17 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks.
-Forward Brittany Gray totaled 12 points, nine boards, and two steals.
 
Up Next
Malone remains on the road and in conference as it visits Findlay, this Saturday, December 6th for a 1:00 pm tipoff.