Skip To Main Content

Upcoming Events and Recent Results

Western Illinois University Athletics

Michelle Farrow
Photo by Mark Kuhlmann: Michelle Farrow recorded new career-highs in rebounds and assists.
90
Winner Western Illinois WIU 13-5, 3-1 Summit
51
OMAHA OMAHA 8-8, 0-4 Summit
Winner
Western Illinois WIU
13-5, 3-1 Summit
90
Final
51
OMAHA OMAHA
8-8, 0-4 Summit
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Illinois WIU 28 19 23 20 90
OMAHA OMAHA 9 11 13 18 51

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | WIU Athletic Communications

Leathernecks Surge By Omaha For Road Win

Four Leathernecks reached double figures in the victory.

OMAHA, Neb. — Western Illinois surged past Omaha 90-51 Saturday afternoon (Jan. 13) inside Baxter Arena for its third Summit League win of the season.
 
Led by the game-high 29 points and five three-pointers from Emily Clemens, the Leathernecks improve to 13-5 overall and 3-1 in league play, while the Mavericks fall to 8-8 and 0-4 in Summit League action.
 
Taylor Higginbotham followed with her seventh double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Morgan Blumer contributed with 14 points and nine rebounds, while Michelle Farrow rounded out the double-digit scoring with 10 points and a career-high eight rebounds and six assists.

"It's great to finally play well at Omaha, " said head coach JD Gravina. "It's been a tough place to play for us in the past. We really came back with a better offensive mentality and attacked them in several different ways. Our rebounding effort was tremendous as well." 
 
Off the 15 first-quarter points from Clemens, Western Illinois jumped out to a 28-9 lead over the Mavericks through the first 10 minutes of play.
 
After a Higginbotham basket, Western maintained a 32-15 lead over the Mavericks with 5:47 to go until halftime. The lead increased to 22 points after Michelle Farrow found Morgan Blumer for a corner three-pointer. At the half, Western led the Mavericks 47-20.
 
Western Illinois opened the second half after Olivia Braun found Blumer on the back-door cut for the first basket of the third, and it was all Leathernecks from there. Western eventually built a 59-27 lead with 4:55 to go in the third. The Leathernecks went on to outscore the Mavericks 23-13 in the quarter to build a 70-33 lead heading into the fourth.
 
The Purple and Gold closed out the game with a 39-point win over the Mavericks, and will now set its sights to a Jan. 18 home tip-off against Fort Wayne slated for 7 p.m. (CST).
 
PROGRAM NOTES:
-Head coach JD Gravina and WIU improve to 9-4 all-time in the series history…
-The Leathernecks hit 14 three-pointers for the third time this season, just two shy of their season high…
-The win marks the fifth straight over the Mavericks in the series... 
-Western recorded 56 team rebounds, which is a new season high, which breaks the previous of 45 at Stanford (Dec. 18)... 

PLAYER NOTES:
-Emily Clemens recorded her 29th career game of 20 or more points… She also has eight games of 20 or more points this season… Clemens also recorded her 55th career five-plus assist game… Her 29 points is also a season-high…Five made three-pointers ties her career-high for the second time... 
-Taylor Higginbotham recorded her 61st career double-digit scoring game… She also had her seventh double-double of the season and the 12th of her career…
-Michelle Farrow recorded a career-high of eight rebounds and six assists… Six assists also mark her first-ever game of five or more assists…
-Morgan Blumer recorded her 43rd career game of reaching double figures…
 
   
 
Print Friendly Version