Box Score
Box score
MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Lutheran College
women's basketball team overcame a second-half surge from Concordia
Wisconsin to advance to the 2012 Northern Athletics Conference
Tournament championship game for the second straight season with a
61-55 semifinal win over the Falcons on Friday night at the
Recreation Complex.
The Warriors came out of the gates firing on all cylinders as
they took a 15-4 lead at the 13:48 mark. After the Falcons scored
the next seven points, WLC responded by going on a 17-2 run to take
its largest lead of the game of 19 points, 32-13, with 4:59 left
before halftime. However, CUW closed out the opening half on a 14-4
run to trail by nine points, 36-27, at the break.
Rachel Johnson (Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran) scored 13
first-half points on 6-for-8 shooting from the floor to lead all
players in the period. The Warriors shot 59.3 percent (16-for-27)
from the floor in the first half, while holding the Falcons to just
29.2 percent (7-for-24) shooting. Kendall Kerns netted eight
first-half points for CUW.
Wisconsin Lutheran scored the first four points of the second
half, but Concordia Wisconsin used a 12-1 run to get within just
two points, 41-39, with 12:34 remaining. With WLC in front 48-42,
CUW went on a 9-0 run to take its first lead of the game at 51-48
with 8:31 left in the game. The lead changed hands four times over
the next four minutes before the Warriors ultimately went in front
for good following a pair of Johnson free-throws at the 3:22
mark.
A rebound put-back from Katelyn Kuehl (Fond du Lac,
Wis./Winnebago Lutheran) and three made free-throws sealed the win
for the Warriors.
The Warriors shot 33.3 percent (7-for-21) in the second half,
while the Falcons shot 34.6 percent (9-for-26). CUW out-scored WLC
13-5 in points off turnovers.
Shavon Dillon (Milwaukee, Wis./Hope School) joined Johnson in
double figures with 10 points. Kuehl added nine points, while both
Johnson and Kuehl tied for a game high with eight rebounds. For the
game, the Warriors shot 47.9 percent (23-for-48) from the floor.
WLC out-rebounded CUW, 38-27.
Katie Luethe netted a team-high 15 points to pace three Falcons
(16-11, 13-5 NAC) players in double figures. CUW shot an effective
18-for-21 from the free-throw line in the contest.
Wisconsin Lutheran (23-4, 17-1 NAC) hosts second-seeded
Dominican (19-8, 13-4 NAC) on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Recreation
Complex in the NAC Tournament championship game. The Stars advanced
to the title game with a 76-71 win over third-seeded MSOE on Friday
night in River Forest, Ill. The winner receives the conference's
automatic berth to the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball
Championship Tournament. Fans unable to attend the game can follow
the action via live audio, stats and video at wlcsports.com.
