Finishing a long regular season on the road is never easy, especially when it's a four-game swing to close it out. The Lady RedHawks, however have been making themselves right at home, away from home. IU Northwest earned its 3^rd straight road win and 6^th straight defeating the Holy Cross Saints (Notre Dame, IN) 85-81.

IU Northwest led 37-33 at the half thanks to Keller's 17 first half points (3-4, 3-pt fg) and Houston's 10 points and 9 rebounds. Despite Houston picking up a 3^rd foul early in the 2^nd half and missing several minutes in foul trouble, the Lady RedHawks widened their advantage to 17 points at 60-43. The Saints, however continued to hoist long-range bombs over the RedHawk zone connecting on 9-20 from three in the final 20 minutes to get to within 2, however that's as close as they would get. IU Northwest helped themselves at the line connecting 21-29 charity shots with Keller icing the game late with several key trips to the line. Megan Leal (5pts, 2ast, 1 to) played effectively at the point subbing for all-conference guard Nina Wills who was suffering from flu-like symptoms and was not able to play in the 2^nd half.

"This was a big win for us, we want to have momentum heading into the post-season and a lot of people stepped-up big tonight. It seems that each time we face adversity with an injury or illness, someone is called on to perform in the clutch and we keep getting big performances. Juliette was huge tonight, Megan gave us great minutes and Ish was strong defensively, it was a great team effort" according to Head Coach Ryan Shelton. Sophomore forward Kym Daniels continued her strong play by adding 10 points and 4 rebounds, freshman center Ish Shah Terry dropped 4 points (2-3 fg) and hauled in 9 rebounds. IU Northwest shot 54% from the floor (29-54), 55% from three (6-11) and 72% from the line. The RedHawks close out the regular season in search of their 20^th regular season win at Marygrove College (Detroit, MI) this Saturday, Feb. 20^th at 4pm EST. IU Northwest will host the A.I.I. Conference Tournament Feb. 26-27 at the Savannah Center with game times and pairings TBA.