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Feb. 19, 2005
Women's Basketball
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ISU EARNS KEY WIN OVER NORTHERN IOWA, 75-56

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Indiana State Sycamores got off to a slow start against Northern Iowa on Saturday at the Hulman Center, but a 25-2 ISU run quickly put the Sycamores on top for good as they won a critical MVC matchup 75-56 over the Panthers.

UNI jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead after hitting its first three shots, but Melanie Boeglin sparked the Sycamore run with seven points in a two-minute span to spark the offense, which was dormant for the first four minutes of the game.

Boeglin finished with a game-high 26 points while Stephanie Lisch recorded a season-best 16 points to lead the Sycamore offensive attack that hit 51 percent from the field. The Sycamores held UNI to 34 percent shooting and 28 percent from behind the arc.

After a Panther three-pointer by Jessie Biggs increased the UNI lead to 10-2 at the 13:55 mark, Boeglin started the 25-2 run that spanned 8:15. During that time, ISU hit 9-of-13 shots from the field and made 6-of-8 from the line. The Sycamores concluded the run with a layup by Rachel Maenpaa, the sixth player to score in the run, at the 4:43 mark which gave ISU a 27-12 lead.

The teams traded baskets for the rest of the half as ISU went into the halftime break with a 33-23 advantage.

The second half began with ISU jumping out to a 41-26 lead at the 16:52 mark, but UNI would not go away. The Panthers made three-point field goals on three consecutive possessions to get cut the lead to 48-40 with 13:38 remaining, the closest they would get in the final period.

The 75 points for Indiana State marks the 17th consecutive game in which the Trees scored at least 70 points. The Sycamores also shot over 50 percent for the third straight game as they connected on 26-of-51 shots from the field (51 percent). ISU attempted a season-low two field goals from behind the three-point arc, while Northern Iowa finished the game 9-of-32 (28.1 percent) from three-point land.

The victory moves ISU to 17-7 overall and 10-5 in the MVC, while UNI falls to 16-9 on the season and 10-4 in conference action. The Sycamores are now a half-game behind third-place UNI in the MVC regular-season standings and two-games behind second-place Creighton, who plays SMS on Sunday.

Indiana State will play at Evansville and Southern Illinois next week on Thursday and Saturday, respectively, before closing out the regular season with a matchup against Illinois State at the Hulman Center on Saturday, March 5.