Yanni Saddler
Kevin Krows/Millikin University
82
Winner Ill. Wesleyan IWU
64
Millikin Millikin
Winner
Ill. Wesleyan IWU
82
Final
64
Millikin Millikin
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Ill. Wesleyan IWU 18 18 23 23 82
Millikin Millikin 8 15 24 17 64

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Millikin Women Fall to Titans

         The Millikin women's basketball team lost to the #18 Illinois Wesleyan Titans 82-64 at the Griswold Center in Decatur, Illinois on January 12. The start of the game was pushed back two hours after the heavy snow that hit Central Illinois.
         Illinois Wesleyan led 36-23 at halftime.  The Big Blue outscored the Titans by one point in the third quarter, but the Illinois Wesleyan took control of the game in the final quarter. Millikin had several scoring runs trying to get themselves closer, but every time the Titans would answer with points of their own. Millikin hit 43 percent from the field, but went 3-14 (21 percent) from three-point range. Illinois Wesleyan hit on 49 percent from the field and went 6-14 from beyond the arc.  The Titans out rebounded Millikin 40-32.
         Yanni Saddler and Jordan Hildebrand led Millikin with 19 points each. Hildebrand had a team high eight rebounds. Briana Anthony scored 11 points for the Big Blue.
         Illinois Wesleyan's top scorer was Maddie Merritt with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Samantha Munroe added 17 for the Titans.
         Millikin falls to 5-11, 1-6 while Illinois Wesleyan improves to 13-3, 6-1.
         The Big Blue host Elmhurst College on January 16 at 7 p.m.
 
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