DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.—The Sunshine State hosted the Carthage College women's basketball team's neutral-site bout with Drew University at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. on Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Reds, who took a five-game neutral-site win streak into their outing against Drew, came back from a 15-point deficit with 1:03 left in the second quarter to secure a 60-53 victory to push their win streak to three games.
 
The Lady Reds were propelled by 14 offensive boards, which helped them attain a 14-2 advantage in second chance points. Maggie Berigan and Morgan Harris each pulled down three offensive rebounds en route to a total of eight boards. Berigan also turned in a game-high four blocks. Bailey Gilbert paced Carthage with nine rebounds.
 
Madie Kaelber tied for a game-high 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting, and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe. Rachel Szydlowski followed that with a 12-point effort on a .500 (6-of-12) field goal percentage while Harris rounded out the Lady Reds in double-figure scoring with 11.
 
Carthage ups their record to 7-3, 1-2 CCIW while Drew falls to 5-4, 0-1 Landmark.
 
Lady Reds 60, Drew 53
 
Despite being in a 19-14 hole after the first quarter, the Lady Reds locked down Drew leading scorer, 6'2 freshman post player Moe Campbell-Davis. Carthage held Campbell-Davis, who checked-in at the 5:11 mark and checked-out with 1:29 on the clock, to just two points and one rebound in the first quarter. 
 
Madie Kaelber registered Carthage's first eight points of the second frame, but a pair of field goals from Campbell-Davis and a trio of three pointers for Drew gave them their largest lead of the game at 37-22 with 1:03 left in the second quarter, where Carthage mounted their comeback.
 
The Lady Reds, who went to halftime down 37-26, responded with a 10-0 run capped by Szydlowski's layup with 6:18 left in the third to cut their deficit to 37-32. It was Szydlowski who gave Carthage their first lead of the game with a layup at the 2:47 mark of the third quarter to make the score 40-38. The Lady Reds would outscore Drew 18-3 in the third quarter en route to a 44-40 lead heading into the final 10:00.
 
It was a lead Carthage didn't surrender as six different players found the scoring column in the final frame to secure a 60-53 victory.
 
The Lady Reds will face Simpson College on the back end of the Daytona Beach Shootout on Thursday, December 21 at 12:00 p.m. (ET).