The McMaster women's basketball team used a strong 4th quarter to pull away from the Laurentian Voyageurs and secure a 91-60 win Friday night in Sudbury. The win snaps a two-game skid for the Marauders, who fell to 10th in the national top-ten this week, after losing to WLU and Ryerson last week.

The Marauders entered play short-handed as Clare Kenney did not make the trip north, as she recovers from concussion-like symptoms after taking a hard knock versus Ryerson.   Missing their second leading scorer and top rebounder in Kenney, the Marauders got a very balanced effort to win in a tough environment.

McMaster led only 19-14 after the first quarter, but got the transition game going in the second stanza and bumped their advantage up to 42-27 at intermission.

The third quarter was fairly even and a late three-pointer made by Voyageur Danielle Harris cut into the Marauder lead as Mac led 60-48 heading to the final quarter.

In the fourth, Marauder Danielle Boiago caught fire, scoring 10 points in the quarter to pace a 31-point explosion by McMaster.   Over the first three quarters, McMaster had made only 1 of 13 attempts from beyond the arc, but nailed three of four from long range in the fourth to help build the margin.  The biggest lead for the Marauders was 33 points at 91-58.

Boiago was the top shooter for McMaster with 24, followed by Ally Schweitzer who scored a career-high 17 as she filled in for the missing Kenney.  Rachael Holmes and Hilary Hanaka each chipped in 11 for the Mac attack.   Harris led Laurentian with 16 on the night.

McMaster paid improved attention to its rebounding, winning the battle of the boards 37-34.

The Marauders now improve to 7 and 4 and will next play at Nippissing University on Saturday with the 6 p.m. game available on OUA.tv.