ALMA, Mich. – The Trine University women's basketball team rolled on to a fifth consecutive win with a 69-47 decision over Alma College this afternoon at Art Smith Arena. Hailey Cole and Madison Wagner each scored 13 points for the Thunder (11-3, 5-0 MIAA) who outscored the Scots (7-7, 3-2 MIAA) 42-15 in the second half.
 
Olivia Marks joined Cole and Wagner in double digits with 10 points and eight rebounds, Cole added four assists and three steals. Trine controlled the glass with a 42-26 advantage.
 
Alma took a 6-0 lead in a slow paced, low scoring first quarter. Gracey Metz took the lid off the basket in the sixth minute of the game with a layup. Trine scored six points over the final 1:18 to lead 10-8 after the first frame. Callie Nichols scored in the paint and then assisted Cole on the basket that claimed the lead.
 
The lead was short lived despite scoring the first basket of the second quarter. Alma answered back with the next 12 points and ultimately scored 24 of their 47 points in the second quarter. Annika Southworth stopped the run with her lone three pointer of the day. Cole converted an and-one that cut the Scot advantage to 20-18. Trine would get no closer and the Scots took a 32-27 lead into the break.
 
Coach Andy Rang's halftime adjustments worked well as the script flipped in the second half. Trine held the Scots to 15 points and just 22.7% shooting in the second half and out rebounded the hosts 28-17. The Thunder scored their first 14 points of the third quarter in the paint, taking a 35-34 lead and then breaking a 35-all tie for a lead they would not relinquish. Marks and Addison Hutson scored four each and a trio of freshmen, Nichols, Southworth and Sophie Gesell scored the other three. Madison Wagner rode the momentum from her career night on Wednesday with another great outing. She scored 13, five coming consecutively that pushed the Thunder lead to 48-40.
 
Gesell opened the fourth quarter with a triple and Ally Capouch followed suit on the next possession. Marks and Southworth made put back buckets and completely squashed any chance of a Scot rally. Trine finished out their 23^rd consecutive MIAA win with some effective free throw shooting and were able to get each player in the game.
 
The Thunder will return to the MTI Center on Wednesday night to take on Albion at 7:00 p.m.