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72
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 18-11
77
Winner Indiana Northwest IUN 23-6
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU
18-11
72
Final
77
Indiana Northwest IUN
23-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT 1 F
Saint Xavier (IL) SXU 16 17 14 18 7 72
Indiana Northwest IUN 22 14 19 10 12 77

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

No. 5 SXU Loses to No. 4 IU Northwest, 77-72, in OT

Gary, Ind. – Graduate student guard/forward Ryann Ogarek (Joliet, Ill./Benedictine/Lewis/Providence) tied the game at 65-65, making a buzzer-beating layup as time expired to send the game into overtime, however the No. 5 seeded Saint Xavier University women's basketball team (18-11, 14-6 CCAC) could not carry the momentum into the extra frame, losing to No. 4 Indiana University Northwest, 77-72, in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Tournament Quarterfinals Wednesday evening at the Savannah Center in Gary, Ind. Ogarek finished with a team-high tying 19 points on 9-for-16 shooting, along with nine rebounds and a steal in 34 minutes of action.

The Cougars trailed 55-47 entering the fourth quarter, chipping away and retaking the lead, 63-62, for the first time since the second period when senior center Alyssa Crenshaw (Algonquin, Ill./Dundee-Crown) made a layup with just under a minute left in regulation. Crenshaw scored eight of her 19 points in the fourth frame. IUN hit a three-pointer with 14 seconds left forcing an SXU time out. Saint Xavier missed a pair of shots before Ogarek took an in-bounds pass with a second left to tie the game. The RedHawks scored the first six points of overtime and did not trail in the extra period to advance in the conference tournament.
  • Crenshaw shot 8-for-12 from the floor, adding four rebounds and a blocked shot in 37 minutes on the court.
  • Junior guard Jaidn Green (Evansville, Ind./Evansville North) scored eight points, along with seven rebounds and three assists.
  • Senior guard Aaliyahna Derrell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sand Creek) handed out a game-high nine assists. She added eight points and a pair of rebounds.
  • Junior center Eleanor Harris (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) recorded eight points as well. She also had two assists, two rebounds and a steal.
  • Senior forward Sofie Carr (Indianapolis, Ind./Roncalli) pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds, along with two blocks, two points and a team-high two steals.
  • Junior guard Lia Chudzik (Pewaukee, Wis./Pewaukee) tallied three points, two assists and two rebounds.
  • Freshman guard Maeve Egan (Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley) posted three points, three rebounds and a blocked shot.
  • Redshirt junior guard Hayley Macdonald (Canberra, Australia/Williston State/Lake Ginninderra) added five rebounds, four assists, two points and a steal.
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