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Geo Hartmann
57
Winner Omaha UNO 11-13,6-7 Summit League
55
Western Ill. WIU 8-16,3-10 Summit League
Winner
Omaha UNO
11-13,6-7 Summit League
57
Final
55
Western Ill. WIU
8-16,3-10 Summit League
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Omaha UNO 7 19 19 12 57
Western Ill. WIU 14 15 14 12 55

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

Leathernecks Fall in Close Game

Elizabeth Lutz led the team with 16 points as WIU hits the road for its next two contests.

MACOMB, Ill. – Leatherneck women's basketball played on Saturday (Jan. 4), falling 55-57 to the Omaha Mavericks at Western Hall. The result moves WIU to 8-16 on the season with three weekends remaining in regular season play.
 
Western Illinois controlled the game early, holding Omaha to just seven first quarter points.  Mallory McDermott would finish a scoop and score through contact and draw a foul late in the period, converting the free throw to give Western Illinois a seven-point advantage. After Jada Thorpe made two layups early in the second quarter, WIU had officially gone on a 9-0 run that spanned 4:47 of game action between the first and second periods of play.
 
Omaha responded with a 10-0 run of its own in the middle portion of the second to take back the lead, but a three-pointer made by Anna Deets would put Western back ahead with 1:44 remaining in the half. McDermott added another bucket in the final minute and, when the halftime buzzer sounded, it was Leathernecks 29, Mavericks 26.
 
Elizabeth Lutz used the third quarter to find her groove offensively, scoring 11 of Western's 14 points and connecting on three triples. Omaha would finish a late-quarter layup to take a 45-43 advantage into the final period.
 
The Leathernecks opened the final quarter on a 9-2 run fueled by an and-one from Anna Deets and six more points from Mallory McDermott; the effort put Western ahead by four points at 52-48 with 6:43 remaining in the game. Western's hot shooting cooled off down the stretch and Omaha would score with less than 10 seconds remaining to take the 57-55 victory.
 
Lutz led the team with 16 points on 6-10 shooting from the field and 4-6 from three-point range, also contributing four rebounds, five assists and two steals in 33 minutes on the floor. McDermott would finish with 13 points on 4-9 shooting and 4-5 at the line while Deets had 10 points and four rebounds. Jada Thorpe scored seven in 23 minutes off the bench as Addi Brownfield led the team in minutes played (34) and rebounds (seven), also chipping in five points, two assists, one block and two steals. Alissa Dins grabbed five rebounds and added two steals.
 
As a team, Western assisted on 12 of its 19 made baskets and won the battle for the offensive glass, six to three, out-scoring Omaha 22-16 in the paint. With 10 steals, Western's defense was able to generate 16 Maverick turnovers and convert those into 14 points, while the bench chipped in 20 points.
 
The Leathernecks are back on the road next week, heading to Tulsa and Kansas City to face Oral Roberts and UMKC, before wrapping up the regular season with a three-game homestand ahead of the 2023 Summit League Tournament, scheduled for March 3-7 at the Denny Sanford PREMEIR Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
 
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