MOUNT VERNON, OHIO – No. 11 Indiana Wesleyan women's basketball survived for an 80-74 overtime win on the road for their seventh Crossroads League win of the season.

 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Ariel Arena I Mount Vernon, Ohio
• NAIA Top-25 Ranking: IWU - 11 | MVNU - NR
• Records: IWU 18-2, 7-1 I MVNU 11-8, 5-2
• History: Wildcats lead the series 26-4 
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WHAT HAPPENED

 

• Wildcats and Cougars both scored on their first possession of the game. About midway in the first half, Cougars went on a 10-2 run to lead 20-13 at the end of the first quarter.
• A 13-0 run led by Frasure with 10 of the points put the Wildcats back on top. Back-to-back threes by the Cougars, Maggie Coe, saw MVNU take the lead 24 seconds before the break. Wildcats trailed 39-40 at half.
• Slow start to the third quarter before Wildcats got hot. With 1:23 remaining in the half, Jordan Reid had a huge and-one play to switch the lead back to the Wildcats 51-48. 
• IWU grew the lead to as much as 11 points on a few occasions but a late surge by the Cougars saw them force overtime action. With 2:41 remaining, MVNU sunk two free throws followed by a good 3 pointer to tie the game 67-67. Wildcats made another two free throws in the final stretch and Cougars made a good jumper with 35 seconds remaining to force overtime.
• Overtime started with Wildcats connecting on three jumpers on the first three possessions and Cougars converting on just one. Wildcats grew the lead as much as nine points before leading scorer Maggie Coe of the Cougars knocked in her 5th three pointer of the contest with 12 seconds remaining to bring them within six. Wildcats survived 80-74.

NOTABLE NUMBERS

 

• 5 - Lead changes
• 17 - Lilli Frasure first half points
• 14 - Jordan Reid second half points
• 23 - Wildcat bench points
• .263 - lowest percentage from the arc since Nov. 22 loss to Marian University
• 28 - points in the paint

 

KEY WILDCATS

 

• Lilli Frasure - 19 points, 9 rebounds
• Jordan Reid - 16 points, 6 rebounds
• Baylie VanDyke - 17 points* (new career high), 5 rebounds
• Maddie Lawrence - 11 points, 9 rebounds

  

NEXT TIME OUT

 

• Wildcats will host #7 Marian University in Luckey Arena on Saturday, January 22 at 1pm.

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