MARION, Ind. -- Tori Kraft (SR/Harbor Beach, Mich.) finished with a career-high 23 points on a perfect 10-of-10 shooting performance as No. 3-seed Indiana Wesleyan University women’s basketball defeated No. 6-seed Bethel (Ind.) 62-49 in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals in Luckey Arena. IWU advanced to the semifinals and will play at No. 2 Goshen (Ind.) on Friday night.

Game Vitals

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 62   |   Bethel - 49
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 24-7   |   Bethel 12-19
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 19   |   Bethel - Not ranked
• Location:   Luckey Arena   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana 
• Brief:  Tori Kraft finished with a career-high 23 points on a perfect 10-of-10 shooting performance as No. 3-seed Indiana Wesleyan University women’s basketball defeated No. 6-seed Bethel (Ind.) 62-49 in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals in Luckey Arena. IWU advanced to the semifinals and will play at No. 2 Goshen (Ind.) on Friday night.
   

What Went Down

• The Wildcats used a 10-2 spurt to turn a five point deficit into a 15-12 lead early in the second quarter. Carlee Cottrell (SR/West Bloomfield, Mich.) hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cap the IWU run.
• Indiana Wesleyan scored the final 11 points of the first half. The score was tied with less than three minutes to play before the IWU run gave them a 34-23 halftime advantage.
• Bethel was limited to 29.2-percent in the first half on 7-of-24 shooting.
• The Pilots would get as close as four points in the second half, including a 47-43 score with 7:27 remaining in the fourth quarter.
• The Wildcats responded with seven straight points and 10 of the next 12 points for a 57-45 advantage with 3:32 to play. The IWU lead would be double digits the rest of the way.
• Tori Kraft had a career-high with 23 points on a perfect 10-of-10 shooting from the field. She connected on her only 3-point attempt and both free throw tries. The 23 points is a new career-best as she surpassed her high of 17 points which she set earlier this month vs. Grace (Ind.).
• Carlee Cottrell added 14 points and she drained four 3-pointers. Cottrell also pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.
• The Wildcats tallied 19 assists on 23 field goals made.
  
   

Coach’s Corner

• “Tori Kraft saved us. She played through the middle of the zone and made great reads and shot the ball extremely well. She was the difference maker. Without her this probably would have been a struggle.”  -- IWU head coach Steve Brooks on Tori Kraft’s performance
   

Extra! Extra!

• Indiana Wesleyan has won 8 straight games against Bethel and 10 straight in the series in Luckey Arena. The last Bethel win in Luckey Arena was on December 3, 2008.
• Only three Wildcats had a better shooting effort than Tori Kraft. Liz Howerth (2004-05) was perfect on 12 shots while Elaine Hessel (2009-10) and Krystal Stoneking (2010-11) each had an 11-for-11 performance.
• The Indiana Wesleyan bench scored 34 points tonight while the starting five combined for 28 points.
  
   

Next Time Out

• Indiana Wesleyan advances to the Crossroads League Tournament Semifinals on Friday. No. 3-seed Indiana Wesleyan travels to play No. 2-seed Goshen (Ind.) at 7 p.m. Friday night in Goshen, Indiana.