ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. - The Martin Luther College women's basketball team tied its season-high for points scored while setting a new season-best for points allowed in a 69-58 win at Crown College on Wednesday.

The Knights fell behind 15-6 after the first quarter, but took control of the game with a big second quarter, outscoring the Storm 21-8 in the period on the way to a 27-23 lead at the half.

MLC continued to build on its lead out of the locker room thanks to a 26-point third quarter to build a 53-40 lead heading into the final period.

In the fourth, the Knights held off the Storm and built the lead as high as 18 points on the way to the 11-point win.

MLC finished the game shooting 43.1 percent from the field and shot 6-18 from beyond the arc, while its swarming defense held the Storm to 35.8 percent from the field and forced 25 Crown turnovers.

Emily Witkowski had a career night for MLC, scoring 27 points to go with 10 rebounds, five steals and three assists. Faith Otte added 17 points and made six of her nine field goal attempts, while Cassandra Rose dished out a team-best five assists.

The Knights improved to 2-22 on the season and 2-13 in UMAC play with the win. Crown fell to 4-20 overall and 2-13 in league play in defeat.

MLC will close the season at home on Saturday, February 16, when it hosts Northwestern-St. Paul in a game scheduled to tip off at 3 p.m.