Box Score
MONMOUTH, Illinois – The Prairie Fire were unable to recover from a run by Monmouth College in the final five minutes and fell 105-99 in Midwest Conference play Wednesday night at Glennie Gym.

The game featured a milestone for senior guard Jodi Marver (Northbrook, IL, Glenbrook North).  She scored the 1,000th point of her career with the second of two made free throws in the first half.  Marver is only the second Knox women's basketball player to reach the 1,000 point mark, joining all-time leading scorer Brooke McKinney (1,285 points).

Knox (2-3, 1-1 MWC) built a 62-58 halftime lead on the strength of seven 3-point baskets, 19-of-25 free throw shooting, and 25 points off of 23 turnovers by the Fighting Scots.

The Prairie Fire matched their biggest lead of the half at 62-51 before Monmouth scored seven unanswered points over the remaining 2:24 to cut the deficit to four at the break.

The Fighting Scots opened the second half with an 11-4 surge when first-year Kayla Brown (Roseville, CA, Wilton Christian) drained a 3-pointer to force the 13th tie of the game with 15:28 remaining.

Monmouth (2-3, 1-2 MWC) followed with an 8-0 run about three minutes later for a 77-69 advantage.

Knox fought back and regained the lead at 88-87 on a basket by first-year Carley Bechen (Eugene, OR, Churchill) with 5:31 to play.  The Fighting Scots got the lead back with a bucket on their next possession, the start of another 8-0 run, and didn't allow the Prairie Fire to draw any closer than five points the rest of the way.

Knox finished the game shooting 33 percent (32-of-96) while knocking down 12 shots from 3-point distance and 23-of-33 free throws.  The Scots shot 47 percent from the floor and 40-of-54 from the foul line.  The Prairie Fire forced 41 turnovers but Monmouth held a 69-43 rebounding edge.

Junior Jamie Blue (Urbana, IL, University) led five Prairie Fire players in double-figure scoring with 16 points.  Marver added 15, first-year Naja Woods (Minneapolis, MN, Southwest) 14, junior Saundra Gavazzi (Gilbert, AZ, Chandler) 12, and senior Jessica Howard (Galesburg, IL, Galesburg) had 10.  Blue and Woods shared team-high rebounding honors with seven apiece and Marver recorded four steals.

Knox returns home to Memorial Gymnasium for a Midwest Conference game against Lake Forest College on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.