Lady Lancers' Rally Falls Short
November 22, 2017 at 5:16 p.m.
Lady Lancers' Rally Falls Short
By Josh Neuhart-
The Lady Lancers trailed by as many as 19 points, rallied to take the lead in the fourth quarter and came up short in a 68-64 loss in the Crossroads League opener for both teams.
Brooke Sugg was a constant source of offense for the Lady Lancers (3-6, 0-1 Crossroads League), burying four triples and scoring a team-high 18 points.
IWU could not have started the game better, as the Wildcats (7-2, 1-0 CL) held Grace without a field goal in the first seven minutes and raced out to a 14-1 lead.
Grace called two timeouts in the quarter to slow IWU’s momentum, but the Wildcats ended the period up 24-8.
In the second quarter, Grace found a spark from the outside. Sugg buried two triples, and Lauren Godfrey added another to cut IWU’s margin down to nine.
Grace’s defensive pressure helped shift momentum back to the Lady Lancers; IWU was held to seven second-quarter points while committing eight turnovers.
The Lady Lancers entered halftime behind 31-22 after shooting 30 percent from the floor. Sugg’s eight points in 12 minutes led Grace.
Grace’s surge continued into the third quarter. The Lady Lancers’ aggressive defense kept IWU off balance; the Wildcats were stifled into eight points in the third.
The Wildcats’ lead dwindled slowly but surely. Sugg’s deadly shooting and Grace’s smothering defense eventually erased IWU’s lead. Sugg scored the final five points of the quarter, including a late stepback three-pointer to give Grace a 40-39 lead entering the final stanza.
Grace started the fourth quarter sizzling on offense, making seven of its first eight shots. But IWU was just as hot, making a trio of triples to climb ahead 60-57 with three minutes left.
The score remained close until the final buzzer. Grace had the ball with 19 seconds left and trailing by two points. But a costly turnover allowed IWU to make another free throw, and the Lady Lancers misfired on a potential game-tying 3-pointer.
Sugg was 4 of 8 from beyond the arc for 18 points, adding three assists and two steals. Vironnica Drake tallied 10 points, four assists and four steals, and Godfrey had 11 points with a trio of treys.
Kyannah Stull scored eight points with five rebounds, Pam Miller added seven points and five boards, and Rachel Montgomery tallied six points and four rebounds.
Grace shot 41 percent compared to 44 percent for IWU.
Anna Imhoff led the Wildcats with a game-high 27 points, while Katie Key and Nicole Ignasiak chipped in with 11 and nine, respectively.
Indiana Wesleyan freshman Dayton Groninger, a 1,000-point scorer for th Warsaw Lady Tigers, saw her homecoming spoiled by an ankle injury.
Groninger, who entered Tuesday’s game averaging nearly nine points and four rebounds, was injured with 7:35 remaining in the second quarter and did not return.
Groninger made both shots she took, making a pair of treys for six points in five minutes of action.
The Lady Lancers continue league play Tuesday with a game at Mt. Vernon Nazarene University.
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 68,
GRACE COLLEGE 64
IWU 24 7 8 29 – 68
GC 8 14 18 24 – 64
IWU – Anna Imhoff 10-14 1-2 27, Katie Key 4-11 2-2 11, Nicole Ignasiak 3-7 3-5 9, Carly Lange 3-11 0-0 6, Brittany Washington 2-9 2-2 6, Dayton Groninger 2-2 0-0 6, Jene’e Goodwin 1-3 0-0 2, Mikayla Martinie 0-0 1-2 1, Sarah McLimore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 9-13 68.
Grace – Vironnica Drake 3-14 2-2 10, Kyannah Stull 3-6 0-0 8, Rachel Montgomery 2-4 2-4 6, Kelsie Peterson 0-2 0-0 0, Lexi Minix 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Sugg 6-11 2-2 18, Lauren Godfrey 4-8 0-0 11, Pam Miller 3-5 1-1 7, Micaela Box 1-4 0-0 2, Kaylie Warble 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 23-56 7-9 64.
Three-pointers – IWU 9 (Imhoff 6, Groninger 2, Key), Grace 11 (Sugg 4, Godfrey 3, Drake 2, Stull 2); Rebounds – IWU 34 (Key 7, Ignasiak 7), Grace 31 (Warble 6); Turnovers – IWU 15, Grace 15; Fouls – IWU 13, Grace 16; Fouled out – Peterson; Records: IWU 7-2 (1-0 CL), Grace 3-6 (0-1 CL)
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The Lady Lancers trailed by as many as 19 points, rallied to take the lead in the fourth quarter and came up short in a 68-64 loss in the Crossroads League opener for both teams.
Brooke Sugg was a constant source of offense for the Lady Lancers (3-6, 0-1 Crossroads League), burying four triples and scoring a team-high 18 points.
IWU could not have started the game better, as the Wildcats (7-2, 1-0 CL) held Grace without a field goal in the first seven minutes and raced out to a 14-1 lead.
Grace called two timeouts in the quarter to slow IWU’s momentum, but the Wildcats ended the period up 24-8.
In the second quarter, Grace found a spark from the outside. Sugg buried two triples, and Lauren Godfrey added another to cut IWU’s margin down to nine.
Grace’s defensive pressure helped shift momentum back to the Lady Lancers; IWU was held to seven second-quarter points while committing eight turnovers.
The Lady Lancers entered halftime behind 31-22 after shooting 30 percent from the floor. Sugg’s eight points in 12 minutes led Grace.
Grace’s surge continued into the third quarter. The Lady Lancers’ aggressive defense kept IWU off balance; the Wildcats were stifled into eight points in the third.
The Wildcats’ lead dwindled slowly but surely. Sugg’s deadly shooting and Grace’s smothering defense eventually erased IWU’s lead. Sugg scored the final five points of the quarter, including a late stepback three-pointer to give Grace a 40-39 lead entering the final stanza.
Grace started the fourth quarter sizzling on offense, making seven of its first eight shots. But IWU was just as hot, making a trio of triples to climb ahead 60-57 with three minutes left.
The score remained close until the final buzzer. Grace had the ball with 19 seconds left and trailing by two points. But a costly turnover allowed IWU to make another free throw, and the Lady Lancers misfired on a potential game-tying 3-pointer.
Sugg was 4 of 8 from beyond the arc for 18 points, adding three assists and two steals. Vironnica Drake tallied 10 points, four assists and four steals, and Godfrey had 11 points with a trio of treys.
Kyannah Stull scored eight points with five rebounds, Pam Miller added seven points and five boards, and Rachel Montgomery tallied six points and four rebounds.
Grace shot 41 percent compared to 44 percent for IWU.
Anna Imhoff led the Wildcats with a game-high 27 points, while Katie Key and Nicole Ignasiak chipped in with 11 and nine, respectively.
Indiana Wesleyan freshman Dayton Groninger, a 1,000-point scorer for th Warsaw Lady Tigers, saw her homecoming spoiled by an ankle injury.
Groninger, who entered Tuesday’s game averaging nearly nine points and four rebounds, was injured with 7:35 remaining in the second quarter and did not return.
Groninger made both shots she took, making a pair of treys for six points in five minutes of action.
The Lady Lancers continue league play Tuesday with a game at Mt. Vernon Nazarene University.
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 68,
GRACE COLLEGE 64
IWU 24 7 8 29 – 68
GC 8 14 18 24 – 64
IWU – Anna Imhoff 10-14 1-2 27, Katie Key 4-11 2-2 11, Nicole Ignasiak 3-7 3-5 9, Carly Lange 3-11 0-0 6, Brittany Washington 2-9 2-2 6, Dayton Groninger 2-2 0-0 6, Jene’e Goodwin 1-3 0-0 2, Mikayla Martinie 0-0 1-2 1, Sarah McLimore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-57 9-13 68.
Grace – Vironnica Drake 3-14 2-2 10, Kyannah Stull 3-6 0-0 8, Rachel Montgomery 2-4 2-4 6, Kelsie Peterson 0-2 0-0 0, Lexi Minix 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Sugg 6-11 2-2 18, Lauren Godfrey 4-8 0-0 11, Pam Miller 3-5 1-1 7, Micaela Box 1-4 0-0 2, Kaylie Warble 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 23-56 7-9 64.
Three-pointers – IWU 9 (Imhoff 6, Groninger 2, Key), Grace 11 (Sugg 4, Godfrey 3, Drake 2, Stull 2); Rebounds – IWU 34 (Key 7, Ignasiak 7), Grace 31 (Warble 6); Turnovers – IWU 15, Grace 15; Fouls – IWU 13, Grace 16; Fouled out – Peterson; Records: IWU 7-2 (1-0 CL), Grace 3-6 (0-1 CL)
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