The Lakeland University women's basketball team had its best shooting performance of the season and cruised to an 84-52 win over Marian University Saturday night in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference game.

The Muskies hit a season-best 46.7% of their shots, making 28 of 60 from the field in winning for the fourth time in their last five games. Lakeland is now 6-3 overall and above the .500 mark in the NACC with a 3-2 league mark.

The Muskies trailed only once in the game at 2-0, took the lead for good late in the first quarter and pulled away over the middle two quarters. Lakeland outscored Marian 23-11 in both the second and third periods to take a 64-34 lead after three quarters.

Miranda Jacobson (Jr.-Felch, Mich.) finished with team highs of 17 points and eight rebounds and Rachel Stankevich (Sr.-Goodman, Wis.) added 12 points, eight assists and five steals. Megan Will (Fr.-Lake Mills, Wis.) also added 10 points and Kaity Birkholz (Fr.-Watertown, Wis.) scored eight off the bench, leading the way as reserves combined for 37 points for Lakeland.

The Muskies also made 23 of 28 from the free-throw line and forced Marian (2-8 overall, 0-5 NACC) into 30 turnovers. In all, 13 different players scored for Lakeland, including sophomores Brooke Brandt (Stevens Point, Wis.) and Hannah Kanyuh (Rapid River, Mich.) both scoring their first collegiate points late in the game.

The host Sabres shot 18 of 48 from the field (37.5%) and made just 2 of 11 from three-point range. Brandi Bender scored 14 points to lead Marian.

Lakeland has a break next week for final exams and will play again next Saturday when it travels to face Marian University at 6:15 p.m. in Fond du Lac.