GLEN ELLYN, Ill. – The Milwaukee Area Technical College women's basketball team was minutes away from turning a 10-point halftime deficit into a come-from-behind road victory against College of DuPage (COD) Thursday, but a fourth-quarter offensive drought forced them to suffer a 56-50 loss instead.

Trailing 28-18 at halftime, the Stormers quickly went to work to begin the second half by outscoring the Chaparrals 21-14 thanks to the help of eight-point third-quarter performance by freshman Chloey Bynum. Having now cut its deficit to one possession heading into the final quarter, MATC was eventually able to take a five-point lead with a little under seven minutes remaining. However, things took a turn for the worse over the final five and a half minutes, where the Stormers were held without making a field goal for the remainder of the contest.

The cold shooting stretch in the waning minutes forced MATC to take a 6-point defeat to drop to 7-15 and 4-11 on the road.

Despite the lack of scoring late, the Stormers were still able to outshoot the Chaparrals. MATC finished the evening shooting 27.8 percent (20-of-72) from the field, which was 2.8 percent better than COD.

STAT BOOK
Sophomore Alexis Ayers paced the Stormers with 15 points, five steals (team-high), three assists and three rebounds. Freshman Arlinda Roundtree contributed 11 points, three rebounds and one assist. Bynum finished with eight points, six assists and two rebounds. Freshman Mary-Kate Louissiant hauled in a team-high 13 rebounds, which was four more rebounds than freshman teammate Makayla Carney.

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MATC (7-16) will host Illinois Valley at 1 p.m. Saturday for its parent/family day.