MARION, Ind. — Indiana Wesleyan Women's Basketball debuted I Am Third Arena with a record-setting 132-26 win over Kuyper College on Friday, the first game ever played in the new facility. The Wildcats' 132 points set a school record for the most points scored in a single game. IWU also set season highs in assists (38), 3-pointers (22), steals (26), field-goal percentage (54.9%) and bench points (79), while forcing 35 turnovers and scoring 60 points off them. Seven Wildcats reached double figures, led by Kylie Bettinger, who hit a season-high six 3-pointers for 18 points, and Kennedy Fuelling, who added 18 points off the bench.
THE ESSENTIALS
- Location: Marion, Ind. | I Am Third Arena
- Records: IWU: 4-0 | KC: 0-3
- NAIA Ranking: IWU - 14 | KC - NR
FIRST QUARTER
- Emily Mattingly scored the first basket in I Am Third Arena history with a 3-pointer at 9:03, assisted by Joslyn Bricker.
- Kylie Bettinger went 4-for-4 from beyond the arc in the opening four minutes, and her fourth 3-pointer at 6:15 made it 19–4.
- Bricker converted two steals into a fast-break layup at 5:23 and a 3-pointer at 4:02 for a 24–4 lead.
- Carley Moellering scored eight points in the final 65 seconds, including a three-point play at 1:05 and a 3-pointer at 0:48, as IWU led 39–7 after one.
SECOND QUARTER
- Kennedy Fuelling opened the quarter with a 3-pointer at 9:42, then added a steal-and-score at 7:12 and another 3-pointer at 6:39 to make it 51–9.
- Hayleigh Amey scored back-to-back layups at 8:25 and 7:55, both assisted by Ellie Kelleher.
- The Wildcats closed the half on a 25–0 run over the final 4:50, highlighted by 3-pointers from Bricker, Myla Browning and Vanessa Rosswurm.
- Rosswurm scored nine points in the final 2:39, capped by a layup at 0:11, as IWU capped a 43-point quarter with an 82–11 halftime lead.
THIRD QUARTER
- Bettinger opened the half with a 3-pointer at 9:54, and Browning's free throw at 8:11 matched the Wildcats' previous season high of 91 points.
- Mattingly's 3-pointer at 3:54 pushed IWU past the 100-point mark at 102–17.
- Rosswurm added a three-point play at 3:15, and Tori Thompson hit a 3-pointer at 2:06 to make it 110–19.
- Ayla Krygier's layup at 0:46 gave the red and grey a 112–19 lead after three quarters.
FOURTH QUARTER
- Fuelling scored eight points in the opening three minutes, including a three-point play at 9:48 and a 3-pointer at 7:56.
- Thompson and Emma Kincaid added 3-pointers at 5:24 and 4:51, both assisted by Moellering, for a 127–24 lead.
- Sofia Schroeter blocked two shots and went 3-for-4 from the free-throw line in the quarter.
- Fuelling's two free throws at 0:29 gave IWU its largest lead of the night at 106 points and set the final at 132–26.
KEY WILDCATS
LOOKING AHEAD
- The Wildcats return to I Am Third Arena to host Indiana Tech on November 10th at 6:00 PM ET.
- Links for Live Stats and Video will be available at IWUWildcats.com.
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