IU Southeast Wins KIAC Women's Basketball Title
IU Southeast Wins KIAC Women's Basketball Title
Women pull out a tight game late to advance to NAIA National Tournament
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KIAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
PIPPA PASSES, Ky. (February 28, 2009) - No. 1 Indiana University Southeast defeated No. 3 Alice Lloyd College 61-58 for the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Championship on Saturday. IU Southeast (19-8) had a 20-7 lead before it was erased five minutes later. Alice Lloyd (18-13) took a 26-24 lead into the locker room at half. IU Southeast took control again with a 15-4 run early in the second half. Alice Lloyd brought the score back to within four with 10 minutes left and pulled to within two with 10 seconds before IU Southeast sunk free throws to finish the game.
Two styles contrasted each other in the game. IU Southeast won on steals 10-6. They also captured more rebounds with a 35-30 edge including 14 on the offensive end. Alice Lloyd won the battle of the boards 35-30 including 14 of them on the offensive end. They also took the lead in shooting percentage over IU Southeast 37-33 from the field.
IU Southeast Megan Murphy (Bloomington, Ind. /Bloomington South) led the team in points with 19 and rebounded seven times. Whitney Duncan (Louisville, Ky. /Moore) hit six of her nine free throws for 13 points. On the boards, Andrea Chambers (Evansville Ind. /Evansville North) grabbed nine rebounds.
Alice Lloyd had three players in double figures for points. Sierra Wynn (Evarts, Ky.)and Nicole Lutes (Jackson, Ky.) had 13 a piece to tie for top scorer on the team. Wynn also pulled six defensive boards. Bree Frasier (Louisa, Ky.) also put home 12 points.
IU Southeast's win gives them an automatic bid to the NAIA Division II National Championship on March 12-18, 2008 at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa. For more information on the national tournament please visit: www.naia.org
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Line Score |
1st |
2nd |
Total |
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Alice Lloyd (No. 3) |
26 |
32 |
58 |
|
IU Southeast (No. 1) |
24 |
37 |
61 |
More Information
For full box scores go to: http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Tournament/TournamentPage.aspx?association=10&sg=WBB&tour=211
For game times, brackets, and updated information, please visit http://www.kiacsports.com/
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