A Trip to DeKalb for NIU Basketball-- Part 6: The Women's Basketball Game

Saturday, February 22

The NIU Woman played first with an 8-16 record and 4-9 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).  They were playing the Central Michigan Chippewas with a 20-4 record, 13-0 in the MAC.  So, their work was really cut out for them.

We got seats right around midcourt and maybe 20 rows up.  Good seats, indeed.

And, our girls were playing very well considering their competition.  We were especially impressed with the play of Myia Starks, No. 23, who really hustled and seemed to be everywhere despite being one of the smaller players on the court.

The girls kept it close, but what really killed them was the 3-point shooting of Central Michigan.  They were really nailing those and they lead the MAC with 9.7 3-pointers a game.  At half time, the game was tied 33-33.

In the 3rd quarter, the Chippewas pulled ahead by six points 49-43  Again it was those three-pointers that killed us.  CMU had 13 of them for 39 of their total 70 points.

Our girls lost 70-66, but sure gave them a good run.

--RoadDog