Bailey Coffman
Kevin Krows/Millikin University
69
North Central (IL) NCC 4-7,1-2 CCIW
75
Winner Millikin MIL-U 8-3,4-0 CCIW
North Central (IL) NCC
4-7,1-2 CCIW
69
Final
75
Millikin MIL-U
8-3,4-0 CCIW
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
North Central (IL) NCC 16 22 18 13 69
Millikin MIL-U 21 20 19 15 75

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Bryan Marshall, Millikin Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information

Millikin Women Edge North Central

The Millikin women's basketball team remain unbeaten in College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin competition edging North Central College 73-69 on December 18 at the Griswold Center in Decatur, Illinois.
 
Millikin lead after 21-16 after the first quarter. North Central outscored the Big Blue by two in the second half, with Millikin leading 41-38 at the half.
Millikin lead 60-56 after three quarters and each team scored 13 points in the fourth quarter. The Big Blue lead 65-56 with seven minutes left to play before the Cardinals made one final run. The Millikin lead was one point at 68-67 with 2:35 left to play after a basket by North Central's Matrese Smith. Millikin's Elyce Knudsen hit a three-pointer to put Millikin up 71-67. A Bailey Coffman hoop with 18 seconds remaining made it a six point Big Blue lead. Smith would connect again to get to the final margin of 73-69.
 
Millikin shot 42 percent (27-64) from the field but struggled from the three-point area making only 9-17 (29 percent). The Big Blue left points at the free throw line making only 14-22 (64 percent) from the line. North Central shot 47 percent (27-58) from the field and went 8-19 (42 percent) from three-point range. The Cardinal were 7-8 from the free throw line.
 
Millikin had four players score in double figures led by Coffman with 19 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals. Jordan Hildebrand had 12 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Aubrey Staton added 12 points. Knudsen finished with 10 points, four rebounds and four assists. Emily White added 11 points for the Millikin bench and Jazmin Brown contributed eight.
 
Smith finished with 18 to pace the Cardinals along with a team high eight rebounds. Allison Pearson and Stephanie Kowalczyk each scored 12 points for North Central.

Millikin is 8-3, 4-0 while North Central goes to 4-7, 1-2.
 
The Big Blue are back in action on Sunday, December 19 at 2 p.m. hosting Washington University-St. Louis. Millikin will be continuing its Toy Drive for HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital. Everyone that brings a toy is entered into a drawing for a 32-inch smart television.
 
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