MILWAUKEE - St. Norbert College benefited from a balanced scoring output and went on to stake a 55-41 win over Milwaukee School of Engineering in a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference game at Hotchkin Arena.

The Green Knights (15-7, 12-3 NACC) had eight players reach the scoring column, all posting between five and 11 points.

St. Norbert got off to a quick start when Emma Morrisey buried a 3-pointer on the first possession of the game and Kaycee Gierczak added two free throws a minute later for a 5-0 lead. The Raiders would score the next five points to tie the score 5-5, but the Green Knights would counter with a 15-0 run to take control. A basket by Chloe Gruszynski was followed by a Casey Jepson 3-pointer. Madison Herdina, Morrisey and Herdina again all connected for a 16-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. Jessica Boerner and Jepson had baskets for a 20-7 lead with 8:11 left in the second quarter.

The Green Knights kept a double-digit lead for most of the rest of the second quarter, leading 29-16 at halftime.

St. Norbert saw a 19-point lead early in the third quarter cut down to eight points with 1:24 left in the period, but a Boerner steal and layup put St. Norbert ahead 43-33 at the end of the third quarter. The Green Knights kept their double-digit lead the entire fourth quarter.

The Green Knights shot 42.9 percent (21-for-49) from the floor. Jepson had a team-high 11 points. Morrisey and Olivia DeCleene had eight points apiece, while Gruszynski, Herdina and Kaycee Gierczak all had six points each. Boerner and Mary Cravillion each had five points.

MSOE shot 30 percent (15-for-50) from the floor. Skylar Flanagan and Raeklyiah Williams each had nine points for the Raiders.