Tatum Young
Ricky Esparza
67
Winner Wheaton (IL) WHEIL 5-3,1-0 CCIW
53
Millikin MIL-U 1-5,0-1 CCIW
Winner
Wheaton (IL) WHEIL
5-3,1-0 CCIW
67
Final
53
Millikin MIL-U
1-5,0-1 CCIW
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wheaton (IL) WHEIL 10 16 21 20 67
Millikin MIL-U 13 8 17 15 53

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Basketball Falls in CCIW Opener

The Millikin women's basketball team lost its College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) opener to Wheaton College 67-53 on December 4 at the Griswold Center in Decatur, Illinois.
 
Millikin got off to a strong start and led after the first quarter 13-10. The Big Blue went cold in the second quarter making only four baskets and were trailing 26-21 at halftime. Wheaton led by as many as 14 points in the third quarter and led 47-38 after three quarters.
 
Millikin opened the fourth quarter with a 7-0 run to pull to 47-45 with seven minutes left in the game. Matayia Tellis scored the first five points of the run with Tatum Young's basket pulling Millikin to within two. Annika Richardson and Lily Caddow answered with three-pointer swinging the momentum back in favor of the Thunder. The Big Blue couldn't put together another run as Wheaton pulled away.
 
The game had an unusual final minute with a brief power outage throwing the Griswold Center into darkness for a few seconds.
 
Millikin shot 39.7 percent (23-58) from the field while Wheaton made 23-52 (44 percent).
 
Tatum Young led Millikin with a career high 15 points. Tellis finished with nine points and six rebounds. Emily Brenneisen added nine. Emily White had a team high seven rebounds.
 
Ricardson led Wheaton with 25 points followed by Kate Oliver with 17.
 
 
 
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