LAS VEGAS - Concordia University Wisconsin's women's basketball team used an early second half run to tie the game, but it wasn't enough down the stretch as Eureka College earned a 63-52 non-conference victory on Tuesday afternoon at the D3Hoops.com Classic at South Point Arena.

The Falcons (7-4) trailed by as many as 12 points over the first 23 minutes of the game, before their defense forced five straight Red Devils (7-1) turnovers. CUW converted those miscues into an 8-0 run to stay with EC for several minutes.

Caty Eeten - the nation's leading scorer - responded and pushed the Red Devils lead back to double-digits for good. EC scored 34 of its points in the paint and outscored CUW's bench 13-3.

Sophomore Katie Luethe (Oshkosh, Wis.) led the Falcons with 17 points and a game-high-tying 12 rebounds - her second double-double of the season. She also managed a game-high four steals. Senior Kendall Kerns (Stoughton, Wis.) also recorded a double-double, 12 points and 10 rebounds, to go along with two blocks.

Junior Brittany Zietlow (Oak Creek, Wis.) chipped in 14 points and stole three passes for the Falcons. CUW, however, couldn't find a rhythm offensively as the Falcons were successful on a paltry 26.1 percent of their field goal attempts. The Falcons also shot just 3-of-16 from outside the 3-point arc.

"We didn't shoot well today," head coach Stacey Brunner-Jones said. "We had too many turnovers in critical portions of the game. I like the way we responded in the second half to tie the game, but we didn't play smart from then on."

Eeten scored a game-high 30 points on 11-of-20 shooting and 8-of-10 at the free throw line. Khassandrae Brown added 10 points and six rebounds for the Red Devils. Jay Stewart hauled in a game-high-tying 12 rebounds, to go along with six points and three assists.

Eureka's high-scoring offense used a 13-4 scoring run to take a 10 point, 17-7, advantage with 12:06 remaining in the first half.

The Falcons twice got to within seven points, on a Kerns 3-pointer and Luethe layup, before the Red Devils took a 33-25 lead at halftime.

Eeten scored 15 points for EC, while Luethe recorded 11 points for CUW in the opening 20 minutes. The Red Devils shot 50 percent and forced the Falcons into 10 turnovers.

EC's lead blossomed to 12 points several times in the final minutes of the game, as CUW was outscored 26-15 over the final 14:10.

CUW plays No. 1-ranked Amherst College (8-0) and NCAA Division III defending national champions on Wednesday at 1 p.m. (CST) before heading home for the New Year.