WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s women’s basketball team is no newcomer to NCAA Division I competition. The Lady Lancers played at IPFW last season and took on Valparaiso in 2010 exhibition play as well. But Grace has upped the ante in 2012, as it will face two Division I opponents in four days. The Lady Lancers will travel to Indianapolis to face IUPUI on Saturday for an exhibition game before playing IPFW in a regular-season rematch at the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. “For us now, we are going into both of these games 4-0 and playing good basketball. The fun thing is we have a couple games we can get better at,” said Grace head coach Scott Blum. “We’re not expected to go in and there beat them, so we’re not too worried about winning or losing. I’m excited for these girls to have the chance to play against two very good programs in Indiana. It will be a good opportunity to play against Division I teams and see where Grace stands.” Grace gave the IPFW Lady Mastodons all they could handle during the 2011 campaign. The Lady Lancers were within one bucket of IPFW with 7:19 remaining in regulation before fading late in a 71-54 defeat. So far in the 2012-13 season, Grace is off to a fast start. The Lady Lancers boast a perfect 4-0 record following a hard-fought road win on Tuesday over Indiana Tech. Grace is coming off its first 20-win season in program history as the Lady Lancers finished with a 20-15 mark last year.
