MARION, Ind. - No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan women's basketball took down IU Northwest on Thursday evening behind double-doubles from Lilli Frasure and Taylor Folkema. Frasure led the Wildcats with a career high 36 points and Folkema led the team with 12 rebounds.
 

THE ESSENTIALS

• Location: Marion, Ind. | Luckey Arena
• Records: IWU: 7-0  | IUNW 5-1
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - #3 | IUNW - RV

WHAT HAPPENED

• IWU took a 28-20 lead into the first break of the game. Lilli Frasure sparked the Wildcat offense with 13 points on 5-5 shooting and grabbed 2 offensive boards.
• The Wildcats only shot 28% from the field in the second quarter and were outscored by IU Northwest 21-17 to take a 45-41 lead into half.
• The Redhawks stormed out of the gate in the second half, taking a 4 point lead four minutes into the third quarter. The Wildcats responded with a 16-0 run in just over 2 minutes of game time. In the run Frasure scored 6 points.
• The home team built their lead to as much as 20 points early in the final frame before slowing the game down and draining the clock. A few late baskets from IUNW cut the lead to 14 by the time the final buzzer sounded.

NOTABLE NUMBERS

• 2: Two Wildcats finished with double-doubles.
• 17: IWU scored 17 second chance points and limited IU Northwest to just 6 on 4 offensive rebounds.
• 20: The Indiana Wesleyan bench came up bug with 20 points, Maddie Lawrence led the way with 7.

KEY WILDCATS

• Lilli Frasure: 36 points, 13-19 FG, 2-4 3PT, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
• Taylor Folkema: 17 points, 6-14 FG, 12 rebounds, 3 steals
• Maddie Lawrence: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists

LOOKING AHEAD

• Indiana Wesleyan kicks off conference play at Huntington on November 20th at 5:30 PM.
• Links for video and stats will be available at IWUWildcats.com

NEXT HOME GAME

• Indiana Wesleyan returns to Luckey Arena on November 23rd at 1:00 PM against Grace.
• Tickets can be purchased at IWUWildcats.com
• Links for video and stats will be available at IWUWildcats.com

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