MARION, Ind. -- Career games from Carlee Cottrell (SR/West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Haley Woodruff (JR/Evansville, Ind.) keyed a 73-48 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s basketball victory over visiting Brescia (Ky.) at Luckey Arena. Cottrell scored a career-high 26 points while Woodruff produced career-highs with 12 points and 9 rebounds.

Game Vitals

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 73   |   Brescia - 48
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 6-1   |   Brescia 1-4
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 5   |   Brescia - Not ranked
• Location:   Wildcat Field   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana 
• Brief:  Career games from Carlee Cottrell and Haley Woodruff keyed a 73-48 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s basketball victory over visiting Brescia (Ky.) at Luckey Arena. Cottrell scored a career-high 26 points while Woodruff produced career-highs with 12 points and 9 rebounds.

What Went Down

• Indiana Wesleyan scored the first 10 points of the game. Brescia did not score until there was 3:28 remaining in the first quarter.
• The Wildcats built a 24-7 lead on a Michelle King (SR/Lakeland, Fla.) basket with 7:49 left in the second quarter. It was the largest lead in the first half.
• IWU led 34-21 at halftime.
• The Bearcats scored 8 of the first 10 points in the third quarter to close the deficit to seven points at 36-29. They would not get any closer the rest of the evening.
• Indiana Wesleyan produced a 10-0 run to end the third quarter for a 51-32 advantage.
• Anna Imhoff (SO/Carmel, Ind.) connected on a 3-pointer for the final points of the night. The 25 point margin of victory was the largest lead of the game.
• Carlee Cottrell scored a career-high 26 points on 8-of-17 shooting and 6-of-12 shooting from 3-point range. Her previous career-best effort was 24 points.
• Haley Woodruff was one rebound shy of a double-double with career-highs of 12 points and 9 rebounds. Woodruff made her first career start on Tuesday.
• Brescia guard Julie Whitfill entered play tonight third in NAIA Division II with 26.3 points. She was limited to just 5 points on 2-of-8 shooting.

Coaches Corner

• “I thought we had some really good ball movement. There were some possessions where we really moved the ball nicely and we got what we could hope. Overall, considering we played this with one day preparation, I shouldn’t be too upset.”   -- IWU head coach Steve Brooks

Extra! Extra!

• The Wildcats have held six straight opponents below 50 points. The last time IWU accomplished that feat was during an eight game stretch in 2012-13.

Next Time Out

• Indiana Wesleyan travels to Iowa this weekend for a pair of games. The first game is on Friday at Clarke with a 6:30 p.m. ET tip-off and then on Saturday IWU plays at Ashford at 3 p.m. ET.