Riggs Scores 16 but Scots Fall to Greenville
MONMOUTH, Ill. (11/15/2026) — The Monmouth College women's basketball team. The Fighting Scots (1-2) return home for the home opener on Wednesday night against Blackburn.
The Panthers scored the first five points before Madelyn Hamby (Quincy, Illinois) hit a 3-pointer. The Scots trailed 11-3 with Cadence Covert (Pekin, Illinois) completed a 3-point play and Hamby hit another 3-pointer. Tiah Riggs (Vincennes, Indiana) scored to cut the Panthers lead to 15-11 and Covert made a free throw. Covert scored again as Greenville led 22-14 after the quarter.
Riggs scored the first six points of the second quarter and two free throws by Andi Snarski (Mundelein, Illinois) pulled Monmouth within one. However, Greenville scored the final nine points of the quarter to lead 32-22 at the break.
The Panthers pushed the lead to 14 before Hamby and Riggs scored. A 14-0 run by Greenville made it a 50-26 games before Layla Rice (Rock Island, Illinois) scored. Jamaica Walker (Mobile, Alabama) made two free throws and Hamby made one for a 53-32 score after three quarters.
Riggs scored two buckets early in the fourth quarter and Rice made a layup. Greenville led 59-38 when Riggs scored again and Snarski added a basket with 3:10 to play. The Panthers pushed the lead to 66-43 before Covert made a layup and a free throw. Greenville scored the final two points of the game at the free throw line.
Riggs led the Scots with 16 points while Covert and Hamby added nine. Snarski had a team-best six rebounds, one more than both Kennedy Sennett (Lexington, Illinois) and Ray Sparks (Sacramento, California). Walker had three assists and four steals while Riggs had five steals and Snarski added a block.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Riggs has scored in double figures in all three games ... She was 7-for-10 from the field ... Monmouth was out rebounded for the first time this season ... Points in the paint were 30-28 for the Panthers and both teams scored eight second-chance points ... The teams combined for 53 turnovers ... The Scots were 9-for-20 at the free throw line while the Panthers made 17-of-30Greenville leads the all-time series 7-2 with wins in four straight seasons ... Monmouth last beat the Panthers in the 2009-10 season Monmouth plays at home on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. against Blackburn and at 1 p.m. Saturday against Illinois College.
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