MARION, Ind. -- The top 3-point shooting team in the Crossroads League was held without a trey as No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s basketball defeated visiting Bethel (Ind.) 69-47 on Saturday in Luckey Arena.

Game Vitals

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 69   |   Bethel - 47
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 14-2, 3-1 Crossroads League   |   Bethel 7-9, 2-2 Crossroads League
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 9   |   Bethel - Not ranked
• Location:   Luckey Arena   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana 
• Brief:  The top 3-point shooting team in the Crossroads League was held without a trey as No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s basketball defeated visiting Bethel (Ind.) 69-47 on Saturday in Luckey Arena.

What Went Down

• Indiana Wesleyan opened the contest on a 16-5 run and did not trail the entire game.
• The Wildcats led by as many as 13 points in the second quarter and took a 31-21 lead into intermission.
• Indiana Wesleyan led by double digits the entire second half. IWU had a game-high 24 point lead on two occasions late in the fourth quarter.
• Bethel was 0-of-13 from 3-point range today. The fewest 3-pointers they had in a game this season was four.
• Kelsey Key (JR/Anderson, Ind.) scored a game-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting. She also had two blocks and three steals.
• Haley Woodruff (JR/Evansville, Ind.) added 10 points.
• Indiana Wesleyan shot 49.1-percent (28 of 57) from the field and 81.8-percent (9 of 11) from the free throw line.
• Bethel was limited to 30.8-percent shooting (16 of 52).
  
   

Coach’s Corner

•  “I don’t know how much of that was us and how much of that was them just missing shots. It was something we were wanting to do and in a game like today we will take it.”  -- IWU head coach Steve Brooks on keeping Bethel scoreless from 3-point range
   

Extra! Extra!

• Bethel had connected on at least four 3-pointers in every game before being held to zero today.
• The Pilots entered the game with a league-best 104 3-pointers.
  
   

Next Time Out

• Indiana Wesleyan travels to Goshen (Ind.) on Wednesday for a Crossroads League tilt. Game time is set for 7 p.m. in Goshen, Indiana.