SIOUX CITY, IA - No. 1-seed Indiana Wesleyan women's basketball were back in Tyson Event Center for the second day in a row in the quarterfinals of the NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship presented by Ballogy. The Wildcats saw their season come to an end at the hands of the No. 6-seed Trojans of Dakota State University, 71-70. DSU continue their cinderella run after wins over No. 2-seed Carroll, No. 3-seed Eastern Oregon, and No. 11-seed Morningside. IWU closes out the year with a 31-4 overall record.


 

THE ESSENTIALS

 

• Location: Sioux City, Iowa | Tyson Event Center
• Records: IWU 31-4, 17-1 CRL | DSU 29-6, 13-1 NSAA
• NAIA Tournament Seed: IWU - #1 | DSU – #6

FIRST QUARTER

 

• The Trojans wreaked havoc early and scored 8 points off IWU's 7 first quarter turnovers.
• Despite seven turnovers and a four-minute scoring drought, the Wildcats ended the first quarter on a 5-0 run to cut the deficit from ten to five points.

 

SECOND QUARTER

 

• Back-to-back three's from Dakota State push the lead back to double digits, 24-13.
• IWU responded with a 9-0 run to cut the lead to two points.
• A Jordan Reid layup at the 4:31 mark gave the Wildcats their first lead since being up 2-0 at the beginning of the game.
• Lilli Frasure scored six-consecutive points to help push IWU's lead to 36-30 at halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

 

• A bucket and two free-throws to start the third quarter gave Indiana Wesleyan a 40-33 lead.
• Two free-throws from Jordan Reid with 3:46 left in the quarter tied the Wildcats' largest lead of the game at 48-40.
• A 4-0 run to end the third quarter for DSU cut the IWU lead to 50-47.
• Indiana Wesleyan shot 30% from the field in the quarter, their lowest of the game.

FOURTH QUARTER

 

• A 7-0 run early in the fourth quarter for Dakota State gave them their first lead since the 5:13 mark in the 2nd quarter.
• After trailing by seven, three-consecutive forced turnovers by IWU cut the deficit to 63-61, forcing a DSU timeout with 3:29 left.
• Both teams continued to traded buckets, resulting in two ties and two lead changes over a two-minute span.
• Clutch free-throws from Jordan Reid gave IWU 70-68 lead with just over a minute left in the game.
• A three-pointer from DSU with 18.2 seconds left gave the Trojans a 71-70 lead.

KEY WILDCATS

 

• Lilli Frasure - 21 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds
• Jordan Reid - 17 points, 4 rebounds

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