WINONA LAKE , Ind. – Indiana Wesleyan women’s basketball survived a back and forth contest Wednesday, downing the Lancers of Grace College, 66-62. The game featured 12 lead changes, and 55 total threes were attempted. Leading by just two with one minute remaining, Gabby Suarez inked the dagger from deep, giving IWU the four-point victory.

Anne Secrest finished with a Wildcat best 14 points, while Warsaw native Dayton Groninger added 13.

INSIDE THE BOX

• Grace used a big second quarter to cut the Wildcat lead from ten to a one-point Lancer lead at the half. Both teams struggled to score, shooting a combined 24-of-63 from the field. Both teams knocked down six triples apiece.
• Grace attempted 37 threes in the contest, ten more than their season average. They fished the game making nine, one shy of their season average.
• Entering the fourth quarter, zero Wildcats had scored in double figures. Marion native Vironnica Drake led the way for Grace scoring 22 points, with ten coming in the fourth quarter.

NEXT TIME OUT

• IWU heads to Mishawaka, Indiana for a clash with Bethel University. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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