PLYMOUTH, Wis. – The Lakeland University women's basketball team's seniors ensured that their Senior Day would not be their final games, leading the way in a 69-58 victory over Concordia University Chicago Saturday afternoon at the Moose & Dona Woltzen Gymnasium.

The Muskies won their home and regular season finale and will play on in the NACC Tournament after improving to 11-14 overall and 9-9 in the NACC. Lakeland won a tiebreaker over Concordia Chicago (10-15 overall, 9-9 NACC) to claim the eighth and final spot in the tourney, and will take on top-seeded Wisconsin Lutheran College in the NACC tourney quarterfinals Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in Milwaukee.

Seniors Amari Banks (Aurora, Ill.), A.T. Bartlett (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Alexis Johnson (Sheboygan, Wis.) and Lauryn Johnson (Kenosha, Wis.) were honored before the game, and all four scored in double figures in the win. Lauryn Johnson scored 13 points, Bartlett totaled 12, Alexis Johnson scored 10 and Banks added career highs of 11 points and six rebounds in her first collegiate start on Senior Day.

Banks hit a three-pointer to start the game and the Muskies led almost from wire-to-wire, trailing twice for just 36 seconds total in the first quarter. A spurt to close the third quarter finally provided breathing room, though, after a tense first three periods between two teams fighting to keep their seasons alive.

Lakeland led by as much as 12 late in the first half and was ahead 33-26 at halftime, but Concordia chipped away and tied the score at 38-38 on two free throws by Naveya Jackson. The Muskies answered their next time down, though, as Sydney Nimsakont (So.-Glendale Heights, Ill.) hit a three-pointer with 2:25 left in the third quarter, and Nimsakont followed it up with a second triple to make it 44-38.

Lauryn Johnson then added a basket in the paint with eight seconds left in the quarter and the Muskies took a 46-38 lead after three periods. The Cougars got only as close as six in the fourth quarter, the last time at 48-42 after two more free throws by Jackson, but Alexis Johnson made two free throws and then a layup and Sadie Grabow (So.-Bourbonnais, Ill.) swished a three-pointer to make it 55-42 with 7:12 to play, and Lakeland was in control the rest of the way.

The Muskies shot 40.3% (25 of 62) and outrebounded CUC 46-34, including 13 offensive rebounds. Nimsakont, Meghan MacPhee (Jr.-Marquette, Mich.) and Jiaryatou Cisse (Jr.-Harrison, Mich.) all added six points each and Sonia Pagan (So.-Hales Corners, Wis.) added seven rebounds off the bench.

Concordia Chicago shot 34.0% (18 of 53), including just 3 of 17 from three-point range. Jackson scored 20 points and Sophia Pedraza added 14 points and Grace King 10 points, but the rest of the Cougars combined for just 11 points.