Box Score
Box score
MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Lutheran College
women's basketball team won its second consecutive Northern
Athletics Conference Tournament championship with a convincing
85-61 win over Dominican Saturday night at the Recreation
Complex.
The Stars came out and scored the first four points of the game
for the early lead, before the Warriors responded with eight
straight points for an 8-4 lead at the 15:33 mark. The Warriors
then held onto the lead for the remainder of the first half. The
Warriors led by 10 points on five different occasions in the half
and held a double-digit advantage for the final 5:28 of the half.
The Warriors took their largest lead of the half of 14 points,
36-22, with 4:45 remaining and held the same margin at halftime,
48-34.
The Warriors shot a blistering 61.8 percent (21-for-34) in the
half and were paced by Shavon Dillon's (Milwaukee, Wis./Hope
School) 12 points. WLC committed just one turnover in the half and
out-scored the Stars 24-8 in points off the bench. Meanwhile,
Dominican shot 43.3 percent (13-for-30) from the field and was led
by Sarah Budz's 12 points. The Stars turned the ball over just four
times themselves.
After halftime the Warriors built their lead to 20 points at
60-40 with 15:57 remaining after a three-pointer from Dillon.
Dominican cut the lead to 12 points with 9:28 to go in the game,
but that would be as close as the Stars would get as WLC coasted to
the 24-point victory.
Wisconsin Lutheran finished the game shooting an impressive 54.1
percent (33-for-61) including connecting on 60 percent (6-for-10)
from three-point range. WLC also improved its defense after the
break as it held Dominican to 33.3 percent (9-for-27) shooting in
the second period and 38.6 percent (22-for-57) for the game.
Bench scoring was a big factor as the Warriors reserves
out-scored Dominicans 39-10. WLC also controlled the boards as it
out-rebounded the Stars, 43-36.
Dillon led Wisconsin Lutheran with a team-high 18 points on
8-for-14 shooting. Katelyn Kuehl (Fond du Lac, Wis./Winnebago
Lutheran) added 17 points and six rebounds for the Warriors.
Kristen Schulz (Safford, Ariz./Arizona Lutheran) was a force in the
paint for WLC as she finished with a game-high 12 rebounds and five
blocks. Dillon also had six assists to lead WLC.
Budz finished with a game-high 20 points, while also adding a
team-best eight rebounds to lead Dominican (19-9).
Wisconsin Lutheran (24-4) will await word of its NCAA First
Round opponent when the NCAA announces the 64-team field on Monday
at 1:30 p.m. at ncaa.com. Watch wlcsports.com for updates on the
opponent, game location and tip-off time.
