The No. 25-ranked Benedictine women’s basketball team led wire-to-wire on Thursday night to earn the regular-season sweep over home-standing Peru State College.

Benedictine (16-6, 9-1 Heart) used a 54.5 percent shooting effort in the second half to hold off a late push by Peru State (6-14, 2-8 Heart) to earn a 66-58 win.

Jackie Ziesel outscored Peru State 5-2 over the first three minutes of the game before the Bobcats pulled even at 5-all.

That tie proved to be the only one of the game as the Ravens quickly regained the lead and never looked back.

By halftime, Benedictine led 34-32.

The Ravens opened the second half outscoring the Bobcats 15-6 over the first seven minute of the half to break the game open.

They pushed ahead by as much as 17 points when Jordan Kramer drained a 3-pointer with just over eight minutes remaining.

Peru State cut Benedictine’s lead down to single digits three four times over the final four minutes of the game but couldn’t get any closer than eight points.

Ziesel paced the Ravens with 16 points while Kramer finished with 12 points.

Benedictine’s bench outscored Peru State’s 27-12 anchored by the 13-point effort of Kristen Murphy.

The Ravens return home Saturday to host a 2 p.m. game against Avila University. Benedictine took the first game of the season over Avila back on Dec. 6, 55-44, in Kansas City, Mo.

— BC Sports Information —