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Elizabeth Lutz
Rachael Keating
51
Western Ill. WIU 13-12,7-5 Summit League
88
Winner South Dakota SD 23-2,12-0 Summit League
Western Ill. WIU
13-12,7-5 Summit League
51
Final
88
South Dakota SD
23-2,12-0 Summit League
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Western Ill. WIU 12 16 13 10 51
South Dakota SD 22 15 27 24 88

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

No. 21/16 South Dakota Pulls Away from Western

The Leathernecks cut it to single digits at half, but USD used a 10-0 run to pull away eventually.

VERMILLION, S.D. - After the Western Illinois women's basketball team (13-12, 7-5) cut the No. 21/16 South Dakota (23-2, 12-0) lead to single digits at half, the Coyotes opened the third quarter on a 10-0 run to pull away 88-51 on Thursday (Feb. 13) night. 

At 3:11 in the second quarter, the Elizabeth Lutz show aired in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center and silenced the sea of red. She drilled three triples along with two bigs steals and cut the deficit to single digits at half, 37-28. 

Lutz finished with a season-high in points (18) and tied a career-high in steals (5) en route to being the leading scorer for the second time this season. 

However, similar to the first meeting between both sides in Macomb on Dec. 29, the Coyotes used the second half to secure the victory as the No. 1 team in the Mid Major poll began a 10-0 run to start. 

It took a minute before each side started lighting up the scoreboard to begin the game with four lead changes and two times the score was tied. Olivia Kaufmann drilled a three at 4:28 to make it 10-10, but the Coyotes responded with a 12-2 run to end the quarter up 22-12. 

A pair of free throws by Grace Gilmore and an Evan Zars quick move to the bucket cut the Coyotes lead to eight at 8:04 in the second, but the Summit preseason favorites responded with a 10-0 run.

Western Illinois has a quick turnaround with the host of North Dakota on Saturday (Feb. 15) at 4:30 p.m. for its Think Pink game. 
 
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