GAME STATS PICTURED ABOVE: Ellie Zeller led all scorers with 17 points and Lauren Graham scored 13 points on Saturday night.

Wheaton, Ill.- For the second game in a row, the Wheaton women's basketball team used a second half defensive run to come from behind for a CCIW victory. Trailing 42-37 with 11:50 remaining, Wheaton held Augustana scoreless for seven minutes and 25 seconds while the Thunder ran off 18 unanswered points to take a comfortable 55-42 lead. From there, Wheaton, ranked 14th in the latest D3Hoops.com poll, was able to coast to a 66-54 victory over Augustana. The victory was Wheaton's 11th consecutive win as the Thunder improved to 12-1 and 3-0 in CCIW play. Augustana dropped its fifth straight and fell to 4-10 and 0-3 in conference action.

Wheaton took control of the game early on Saturday night and despite some sloppy play, the Thunder worked out to a 22-12 lead after a Lauren Graham lay-up with 8:36 to play in the half. Augustana was able to score the game's next six points to cut the lead down, but Wheaton was able to extend and go into halftime with a 30-23 advantage.

After Ellie Zeller put Wheaton back up nine after halftime, Augustana scored the game's next seven points to cut the lead down to 32-30 with 17:06 to play. The Vikings then used a 10-0 run to turn a five-point deficit into a five-point lead at the 11:50 mark. A baseline jumper by Graham spraked the comeback with a lay-up to cut the lead to three and start Wheaton's 18-0 run. Katie McDaniels (PICTURED RIGHT) scored eight of her 11 points during the run and Graham ended the run with a lay-up that made the score 55-42 with 5:58 to play.

Wheaton stretched the lead to as many as 18 before the Vikings scored eight of the next 10 points to cut the final score to 66-54.

Wheaton shot 43.4% (23-53) from the field and missed all four three-point attempts. Wheaton was 71.4% (20-28) from the free throw line. The Vikings were held to a 31.7% (29-60) shooting including 28.6% (6-21) from the the three-point line and 10-16 (62.5%) from the free throw line.

Ellie Zeller led all scorers with 17 points in just 20 minutes of play. Lauren Graham finished with 13 points and Katie McDaniels finished with 11 points. Maris Hovee grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds.

Wheaton will host #16-Carthage on Wednesday night at 7 PM in King Arena in a battle for CCIW supremacy. Wheaton and Carthage are both 3-0 in conference play.