Box Score MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – No. 20 Indiana Wesleyan women’s basketball continued their defensive dominance Wednesday defeating Mount Vernon Nazarene 68-48. The Wildcats held the Cougars to just 28 percent shooting from the field and 14 percent from three-point range. IWU has now held their last three opponents under 35 percent shooting.
Senior, Anna Imhoff recorded her 1,000-career point in the contest and has scored 495 points alone this season. Imhoff is also shooting a season best 39 percent from three while averaging 17 points per game.
GAME VITALS
- Score: Indiana Wesleyan – 21, 19, 18, 10 – 68 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio.) – 9, 16 , 14, 9 – 48
- Records: Indiana Wesleyan 22-7, 14-3 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio.) 16-13, 8-9
- NAIA Top- 25 Rank: Indiana Wesleyan - #20 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio.) – Unranked
- Location: Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Ariel Arena | Mount Vernon, Ohio
STAT TRACKER
INSIDE THE BOX
- IWU was hot in the first quarter shooting 54 percent from the field on 7-of-13 shooting while swarming MVNU on the defensive end allowing them to make just three shots for 25 percent shooting.
- Imhoff scored 18 points in the first half giving the Wildcats a 15-point lead heading into halftime. Imhoff has now scored in double figures 24 times this season.
- The Cougars leading scorer Natalie Carpenter (16.2 PPG) was held to just eight points in the contest.
COACH WHALEY PERSPECTIVE
- Always happy with a league win on the road. I thought we played tough in spurts and it led to big runs for our team.
NEXT TIME OUT
- Indiana Wesleyan hosts Spring Arbor (Mich.) on Saturday in the regular season finale.
- The game tips off with at 3 p.m.
- Saturday is Senior Day in Luckey Arena with a pregame celebration before tip-off.
