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Lourdes battled back from a 13-point first half deficit to take a second half lead on Wednesday evening, but in the end the Gray Wolves came up short against Cornerstone, falling 56-49 at Tam-o-Shanter.
 
"I thought this was the hardest and best we've played as a team in a long time," head coach Karen McConnell said afterwards.  "We kept working for each other."
 
The Gray Wolves jumped out quickly, scoring the game's first six points before going cold from the floor.  Lourdes went nearly nine minutes without a field goal while the Golden Eagles went on a 21-2 run to build a 21-8 lead midway through the first half.
 
With Cornerstone on top 23-12, Lourdes then held the Golden Eagles without a basket for more than five minutes, scoring 10 unanswered points to pull within one, 23-22.  The Gray Wolves were unable to take the lead the rest of the half though, and went into the locker room trailing just 27-24 despite shooting just 25.8% from the field.
 
Back-to-back baskets by Tara Yurek (Cleveland, Ohio/Valley Forge H.S.) and Jessica Durr (North Royalton, Ohio/North Royalton H.S.) to start the second half put Lourdes on top by one.  Cornerstone retook the lead briefly before a 7-0 spurt by the Gray Wolves, capped with a steal and score from Molea Thompson (Mansfield, Ohio/Madison H.S.) gave Lourdes a 38-34 lead with 10:58 to play.
 
Cornerstone answered with five straight of its own and the lead went back and forth briefly before the Golden Eagles took the lead for good with 8:08 to play on a jumper by Jill Hendrickson.  Lourdes was unable to mount a late comeback as the Gray Wolves managed just one field goal over the final five minutes.
 
Jesse Fidler (Archbold, Ohio/Archbold H.S.) led Lourdes with 11 points while Niki Meyer (Liberty Center, Ohio/Liberty Center H.S.) added 10 more.  Tilden and Thompson each chipped in eight points for the Gray Wolves while Fidler pulled down a team-high nine rebounds, just missing a double-double.
 
Lourdes shot just 30.4% from the floor for the game, but forced 19 turnovers from Cornerstone to keep the game close.  The Golden Eagles connected at a 44.9% clip for the night.
 
Hendrickson led Cornerstone (16-7, 11-4 WHAC) with 22 points and 12 rebounds while Samantha Kolenda added nine points off of the bench.
 
Lourdes (6-17, 2-13) will close out its three-game homestand on Saturday afternoon as the Gray Wolves host Lawrence Tech.  Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. at Tam-o-Shanter.