WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

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Millikin 64
NCC 62

This one hurt. NCC was without Biz Daly again (dealing with a knee injury, timeline uncertain). Even so the Cardinals were more or less in control for a good chunk of this one, up seven after one quarter, four at halftime, and led by eight late in the third quarter. But the Big Blue closed the period on a 9-0 run and took a one point lead into the fourth thanks in large part to a monster game for Nikkel Johnson (again, no Biz Daly to counter her in the paint). Millikin would go up by nine in the final frame, and despite that the Cardinals fought back and got within that 64-62 margin in the final minute, then forced a turnover with 35 seconds left and a chance to tie or take the lead.

NCC got a 12 footer from Dolly Smith, who missed it short, but the ball went out off of Millikin (call stood on appeal). With 5 ticks left, Ameli Sanchez got fouled, but she missed both of her free throws and Millikin got a chance to ice the game, but Johnson missed both of hers. Unfortunately, the Cardinals I think lost track of the clock, and didn't get a great shot off at the buzzer, allowing the Big Blue to escape with the win.

Jocelyn Trotter: 23 pts, 8 reb, 4 stl
Grace Keiffer: 14 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast
Alaya Redditt: 12 pts, 7 reb

Nikkel Johnson: 32 pts, 10 reb
Bella Dudley: 12 pts, 7 reb
Tatum Young: 6 pts, 7 reb, 4 stl