In a heart pounding contest that was anyone's game, the Lady Lions were unable to hold out against the Wheaton Lyons, final score 73 to 63. Lead scorer for Wheaton was Abbie Brickley with 33 points. Emerson's own Kristin Brice lead for the Lions with 15 points, 3 assists, and 3 steals.

At the half the Lions were up 39 to 33 and looked incredibly strong. But Wheaton wasn't about to let the game slip away firing back with almost double Emerson's points in the second half. Emily Cameron scored on 3 of 5 three point shots, early in the first and second half. Sierra Ducey and Eastin Ashby backed her up with 9 and 10 points respectively.

The Lady Lions play next at home vs MIT on January 15, 7:00pm.