Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Senior Izzy Anderson (Alleman HS, Rock Island, Ill.) scored 12 of her game-high 28 points in the fourth quarter Sunday to lead Augustana to a 73-66 win over Rhodes at Mallory

Gymnasium. Coach Mark Beinborn's outfit won its third straight to improve to 7-5 on the year, while the Lynx suffered their third consecutive loss after six wins to open the season.
 
Four different players scored as the hosts took an 8-3 lead out of the gate, but the Vikings got conventional three-point plays from Anderson and sophomore Justice Edell (Rock Island HS, Rock Island, Ill.) to up 9-8. There were four more lead changes and three ties in the first quarter before Anderson's layup just before the buzzer put Augustana up 16-14.
 
The visitors extended the lead to 23-16 on Alexis Jones' (Marist HS, Chicago, Ill.) layup at the 7:35 mark of the second period, but five different Lynx scored in an 11-5 run that trimmed their deficit to one (28-27) two minutes before halftime. Anderson again beat the buzzer with a bucket that sent the teams to intermission with the Vikings on top 30-27.
 
Rhodes pulled even at 34-all on a pair of Allie Young free throws 2½ minutes into the third quarter and her bucket 30 seconds later gave the Lynx their first lead since early in the game. It would change hands twice in the next two minutes, but two Anderson charity tosses gave Augustana a 42-41 edge and sparked a 9-2 Viking run to close the quarter. Clare Kramer's (Prophetstown HS, Lyndon, Ill.) three-pointer with four seconds left put Beinborn's bunch up 49-43 heading to the fourth.
 
An Alyssa Owens three-pointer with 8:13 to play got the Lynx got as close as 53-49, but senior Scooter Lopez (Mountain Vista HS, Highlands Ranch, Colo.) answered with one of her own to push the margin back to seven and it wouldn't drop below five the rest of the way. Two Anderson free throws at the 4:16 mark gave Augustana its biggest lead at 64-53 and she would hit six more, in as many attempts, the rest of the way to help the Vikings close things out.
 
Anderson's 28 came on 7-of-11 shooting from the field and 14-of-16 from the foul line. Senior Sadie Roberts (United Township HS, East Moline, Ill.) chipped in with nine points and six rebounds and Lopez added eight points. Jones led Augustana with seven rebounds and three assists.
 
Young and Alli Mayeux led Rhodes with 24 and 16 points, respectively. Mayeux also snared a game-high nine boards.
 
As a team, the Vikings shot 24 of 55 (.436) from the floor, three of 15 (.200) from beyond the arc and 22 of 29 (.759) from the free throw line. They led 30-29 in rebounds and committed 13 turnovers to 14 for the Lynx. Rhodes shot .426 (20-47) from the field, .263 (5-19) from three-point range and .611 (11-18) from the foul line.
 
Augustana is now idle until Saturday, December 29, when 9-0 Monmouth visits Carver Center for a 1:00 p.m. tipoff.