SIOUX CITY, IA. - 1-seed Indiana Wesleyan women's basketball advanced the NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship Quarterfinals with a 74-57 victory over 4-seed Georgetown. The Wildcats were led by strong performances from Lilli Frasure and Taylor Folkema. Frasure dropped 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists while Folkema scored 19 on a perfect 6-6 from the field and grabbed 9 boards. After losing a 15 point second quarter lead, IWU used a strong run late to secure the victory.
 

THE ESSENTIALS

• Location: Sioux City, IA | Tyson Events Center
• Records: IWU: 32-2  | GC: 22-9
• NAIA Seeding: IWU - #1 | GC - #4

WHAT HAPPENED

• The Wildcats took an early 6 point lead in the first quarter and finished the quarter on a 5-0 run after GC had cut the lead to 2.
• An Izzy Reed three with 4:32 left in the first half gave Indiana Wesleyan their biggest lead of the game at 32-17. The Tigers cut the lead to 8 before Taylor Folkema beat the halftime buzzer with a layup to give IWU a 40-30 lead at the break.
• Georgetown cut the lead to just 1 with a 9-0 run to open the second half as the red and gray struggled to find open looks offensively. They tied the game with a free throw before a three from Brea Garber unlocked the offense for Indiana Wesleyan. The team finished the quarter on a 10 run to regain a double-digit lead.
• A pair of free throws from Lilli Frasure and a three from Emily Mattingly pushed the Wildcat lead back to 15. The lead would grow to as much as 20 before the final buzzer sounded.

NOTABLE NUMBERS

• 8: Indiana Wesleyan advanced to the NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship Quarterfinals as one of the final 8 teams for the second 2nd time in 3 years.
• 2: IWU held Georgetown's leading scorer on the season to just 2 points on 1-11 shooting and 0-5 from three point range.
• 15:  The Wildcats used a 15-0 run in the final 2 minutes of the third and first minute of the fourth quarter to pull away from the TIgers after they had tied the game at 44.

KEY WILDCATS

• Lilli Frasure: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals
• Taylor Folkema: 19 points, 6-6 FG, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks
• Maddie Lawrence: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals

LOOKING AHEAD

• The Wildcats play the winner of 2-seed Freed-Hardman and 14-seed Indiana Tech at 7:00 PM tomorrow in Tyson Events Center.
• Links for video and live stats will be available at IWUWildcats.com

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