SIOUX CITY, IA - No. 1-seed Indiana Wesleyan women's basketball took the court in the Tyson Event Center on Tuesday afternoon against the No. 4-seed Briar Cliff in the Round of 16 of the NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship presented by Ballogy.
Jade Nutley finished with a double-double of 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Wildcats over the Chargers, 88-77.
- Location: Sioux City, Iowa | Tyson Event Center
- Records: IWU 31-3, 17-1 CRL | BC 26-8, 17-5 GPAC
- NAIA Tournament Seed: IWU - #1 | BC – #4
- Briar Cliff shot 4-7 from deep at 60% from the floor in the first quarter to take an early 23-19 lead.
- IWU matched an 11-2 run by BC with a 11-3 run of their own in the 2nd quarter to make it 38-36 at halftime.
- Back to back buckets from Lilli Frasure to start the 3rd quarter gave the Wildcats their first lead of the game. The quarter consisted of 5 lead changes and 3 ties with Indiana Wesleyan holding on to a 53-50 lead heading into the final ten minutes.
- IWU's offense exploded for 35 points in the 4th quarter after shooting 14-18 from the free-throw line to close out the game.
- 22: Indiana Wesleyan scored 18 points off 22 Briar Cliff turnovers.
- 13: Jade Nutley's 13 rebounds are the most by a Wildcat this season.
- 29: IWU finished with 29 free throw attempts, compared to just 13 for the Chargers.
- 5 & 6: The game consisted of 5 lead changes and 6 ties.
- Jade Nutley – 16 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists
- Lilli Frasure - 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
- Jordan Reid - 15 points, 6 steals, 4 rebounds, 3 assists
- Kelli Damman - 12 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds
- "That was quite an adventure!" said Ethan Whaley, Head Women's Basketball Coach. "It was a game of runs. I thought we did a nice job staying together and responding to their runs with great poise and connection."
- The Wildcats will play No. 6-seed Dakota State in the quarterfinals tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. eastern.
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