Lady RedHawks Pick up Two Road Wins Improve to 18-10

The Lady RedHawks began a four game road swing to end the regular season with a bang picking up two road wins over Kuyper College and Grace Bible College both of Grand Rapids, MI. The two wins improved their season record to 18-10 and with five straight wins, have positioned themselves to earn a second consecutive trip to the USCAA National Tournament (Mar. 2-6).

The RedHawks performed very well under Associate Head Coach Loretta Soria who guided the team to back-to-back wins as Head Coach Ryan Shelton did not make the trip due to illness. In Friday's game, IU Northwest held an 11-point lead at the half before breaking it wide open in the final 20 minutes en route to a 77-41 victory over Kuyper College. The RedHawks' full court press forced several Cougar turnovers and limited their offensive rhythm as IU Northwest surrendered only 14 second half points. IU Northwest was led by their "Big 3" Houston, Wills and Keller who combined for 69 of the RedHawks' 77 points. Sophomore forward Sharon Houston led the way with 26 points and 14 rebounds and sophomore guard Juliette Keller returned from an injury to score 19. Sophomore point guard Nina Wills provided great all-around play with 14 points, 7 assists, 8 assists and 0 turnovers.

The following day IU Northwest shrugged off a sluggish start to regain control cruising to a 91-41 victory over Grace Bible College. IU Northwest started slowly and trailed Grace 14-12 in the early minutes of the game. Following a timeout by Coach Soria, it was all RedHawks from that moment on as IU Northwest built a 42-27 halftime lead and never looked back improving to eight games over .500. Sharon Houston led the way once again with 27 points on 13-19 shooting and 15 rebounds. Nina Wills continued her stellar all-around play finishing with 18 points, 5 assists and 12 steals. The 12 steals by Wills established a new school-record for thefts in a single-game. Freshmen guards Vicky Campos and Megan Leal combined for 17 points off the bench and sophomores Kym Daniels and Juliette Keller combined for 15.

During the current, five-game RedHawks winning streak IU Northwest shot better than 50% from the floor in each of the five wins and are streaking towards post-season play. The Lady RedHawks return to action this Tuesday when they visit Holy Cross College of South Bend, IN with a 5pm (EST) tip.