TIGERS FALL LATE TO THE REDHAWKS ON THE ROAD
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Olivet Nazarene (13-6, 8-3) | 19 | 29 | 14 | 24 | 86 |
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Indiana Northwest (14-5, 9-2) | 13 | 24 | 32 | 20 | 89 |
GARY, Ind. – The Olivet Nazarene University women's basketball program fell to the Indiana Northwest RedHawks 89-86 Saturday afternoon. ONU led by one with 26 seconds remaining but IUNW hit four free throws down the stretch send the Tigers back with their sixth loss of the year.
Caroline Boehne poured in a season-high 25 points while grabbing 10 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season. The senior forward has recorded double-doubles for the second straight game this week. Brooklyn Marshall finished second on the team in scoring with 13 points. It is her fourth time this year hitting double digits. Khendel Rolison followed up her career 26-point game at St. Ambrose with an 11-point performance.
Tigerball built an 11-point lead after the first two quarters. Indiana Northwest benefited from a quick halftime turnaround to outscore ONU 32-14 in the third quarter. They built their largest lead of the day to a much as eight with 1:26 left in the period. Maggie Cora's quick 5-point run to start the fourth quarter cut the deficit to three and led four different points in the contest before falling in the final 30 seconds.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Tigers return home next Wednesday, Jan. 18 to host the Roosevelt Lakers in McHie Arena. The midweek test is slated for 5:30 pm CST. Please visit ONUTigers.com for all the updated links to follow the action.
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*Contact: Sports Information Graduate Assistant; Patrick Kaindl, pkaindl@olivet.edu