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McKendree Falls at No. 15 University of Indianapolis 81-39

Box Score (INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 24)- The McKendree University women's basketball team fell 81-39 at No. 15 University of Indianapolis on Thursday night in a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest.

The Bearcats drop to 5-11 overall and 0-8 in the GLVC with the loss, and will travel to Rensselaer, Ind., on Saturday, Jan. 26 to face Saint Joseph's College in a GLVC game at 1 p.m.

Senior forward Shelby Woelfel (Jerseyville, Ill./Jerseyville) and freshman guard Liz Gilman (St. Louis, Mo./Principia) were McKendree's only double-digit scorer's with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

A three-pointer by Gilman gave the Bearcats a 3-2 lead with 18:10 left in the first half, but the Greyhounds responded with a 7-0 run to take a 9-3 lead. Another three-pointer by Gilman with 13:45 left in the half cut the deficit to 17-8, but Indianapolis scored on the next possession to extend its lead to double-digits and led 41-26 at the half.

McKendree shot 20.3-percent from the field in the game, while the host Greyhounds countered with 54.8-percent in the contest. The Bearcats did not score a field goal in the final 7:57 of the contest.

Indianapolis had four score in double-figures, and were led by Katy McIntosh's 20 points.

-McK-
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