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Ava Bardic at ISU
Kodiak Creative
68
Winner Ill. Wesleyan IWU 1-0,0-0 CCIW
52
Cornell College CC 0-2,0-0 Midwest Conference
Winner
Ill. Wesleyan IWU
1-0,0-0 CCIW
68
Final
52
Cornell College CC
0-2,0-0 Midwest Conference
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Ill. Wesleyan IWU 23 14 19 12 68
Cornell College CC 16 13 10 13 52

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Hoops Wins Opener at Cornell

Titans play Luther tomorrow, Nov. 12, at 1 p.m.

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa - The Illinois Wesleyan University women's basketball team began the season with a 70-55 win at Cornell College Saturday night, Nov. 11, at the Cornell Classic.

The Titans (1-0) were led in scoring by junior Lauren Huber (Lombard, Ill.-Glenbard East) who finished with a game-high 23 points. She also hauled in a team-best eight rebounds. Sophomore Ava Bardic (Lincolnshire, Ill.-Stevenson) popped off for 17 points in her IWU debut, including four three-pointers, while dishing out a game-high six assists. Junior Mallory Powers (Amboy, Ill.-Amboy) added 10 and five boards. 

The Green and White shot 35.5 percent from the floor, going 22-for-62 from the floor. IWU hit nine triples on 26 tries and finished 17-for-24 at the charity stripe. The Titan defense limited the Rams (0-2) to 20-of-60 shooting overall and 6-of-14 from three-point range. 

IWU forced 23 turnovers, with 13 steals, and scored 25 points off turnovers. The Titans also out-rebounded the Rams, 47-38.

Coming out of halftime with a 37-29 lead, the Titans used a huge third quarter to break the game open and never looked back. IWU used a five-point run to extend its lead to double-digits, 42-31, with 7:08 in the period.

The Rams clawed back within five, but four points from Huber got the Titans back on track. Illinois Wesleyan closed the quarter on an 11-2 run to charge ahead, 58-42, into the final stanza. 

Bardic dished out one of her six helpers on the night as sophomore Laura Mahlum (Barrington, Ill.-Barrington) drilled a triple with 5:53 left in regulation. The trey stretched the Titan lead to 20, 65-45, as IWU grabbed the season-opening victory.

Illinois Wesleyan finishes the weekend with a 1 p.m. bout with Luther College tomorrow, Nov. 12. 

 
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