GALESBURG, Illinois—The Prairie Fire women's basketball team lost a hard-fought battle with Cornell on Saturday afternoon.

Knox (14-6, 9-3 MWC) came into the game tied in the standings with the Rams. Cornell jumped out to an early 8-2 lead, but the Prairie Fire fought back to only trail 15-13 at the end of the quarter. A trey by the Rams added to their lead early in the second period, but Knox scored five straight points to tie the game at 18-18. The Rams closed out the half on an 11-4 run to take a 31-24 lead into halftime. Knox closed the gap a bit in the third quarter and only trailed by four heading into the final stanza. The Rams added to their lead early in the fourth quarter and built up a 10 point lead with 3:42 to play. The Prairie Fire scored eight straight points and trailed just 58-56 with less than a minute to play, but hit four straight free throws to earn a 62-56 victory.

Jarrelyn McCall led the Prairie Fire with 18 points. She also pulled down five rebounds. Morgan Potter poured in 12 points and grabbed 13 boards to earn a double-double. Kyra Huffman finished with seven points and pulled down nine rebounds.

Knox will host Grinnell on February 7 in their final home game of the season.