Purdue Fort Wayne
Miami (OH)
IPFW Takes Down Miami (OH) in Overtime
11/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 24, 2007
Fort Wayne, IN - IPFW women's basketball opened up their home schedule with Miami (OH) and in overtime clipped the RedHawks, 79-74 in the first meeting of the pair. The Mastodons finished with three ladies in double-digit points.
IPFW opened up the game with a good lay-up by Samantha Edwards, but the RedHawks tied it up soon after with two good free throws. Miami (OH) would score the next four points to take an early four point lead, but IPFW rallied back to tie it up at six and a made free throw by Natalie Roberts would put IPFW ahead by one, 7-6.
The teams would trade a few points back and forth and then the RedHawks had another run, taking a six point lead at 11:39, 9-15. IPFW would start to cut away at the lead, cutting it to one with 7:53 left in the first.
The RedHawks continued to take short leads, and held a six point lead with 2:35 left in the half, 26-32. The Mastodons would cut it to three on a good jumper by Edwards and Chelsey Jackson would tie the game up at half on a good free throw and jumper, 34-34.
"I thought we came out and played with alot of enthusiasm," said Chris Paul on the first half. " We had trouble shooting, but we defended well. One thing we've been working hard in practice on is rebounding and after losing Lieselot at the beginning of the season and Julie for this game our rebounding came through. I felt that was the diference in the first half. But overall I was pleased with our efforts."
The RedHawks would start the second half with a good three-pointer to give them an early lead, but the 'Dons fired right back, tying the game at 43 with 17:23 left. IPFW took their first lead of the second half on a good free throw by Johnna Lewis-Carlisle, 46-45 with 13:52 in the second.
The game would be tied for the fourth time at 50 all with 11:25 left. Miami (OH) would take another six point lead, but the 'Dons slowly chipped away at it. The RedHawks would take their largest lead of seven with 6:33 left in the game, 61-68. IPFW went on a 9-2 run to tie the game at 70 with 2:08 left.
The RedHawks would go ahead by two with 1:16 left but Johnna Lewis-Carlisle tied the game at 72 with 52 seconds left. Regulation ended with a 72-72 tie.
"I was really impressed, with how Johnna Lewis-Carlisle played in the second half." said Paul. "She struggled in the first half but found her rhythm in the second. Natalie Roberts played the best game I've ever seen her play with the boards and her offensive scoring.
"Sarah Haluska came off the bench and played and guarded well. Jordan Zuppe another freshman, also stepped up and made big shots. Samantha Edwards had unbelieveable production in her 42 minutes with a solid game. With 11 seconds left we sat them down and we forced the overtime."
In overtime, IPFW dominated, scoring seven points to the RedHawks two. Jordan Zuppe pushed IPFW ahead by three with a good three-pointer, two free-throws were the only points Miami (OH) would score in OT. IPFW scored the next five to take the game, 79-74.
"The turning point for us was making big shots and the turnovers. I was very comfortable going into overtime and felt we had a good team effort and was very proud of how we played."
The Mastodons were led by Lewis-Carlisle with 28 points. She went 10 of 23 from the floor and 6 of 7 from the charity stripe. She pulled down six boards with one assist and one steal.
Edwards had 15 points and was 5 of 9 from the field. She had seven boards and a block.
Natalie Roberts came close to a double-double with 11 points and nine boards. She was 9 of 10 from the charity stripe.
Overall IPFW shot 40.4% from the floor and 75% from the free-throw line.
The RedHawks were led by Amanda Jackson who fouled out with 22 points and five boards.
Laura Markwood had 15 points and Courtney Reed had 11 for Miami (OH). Ashley Hawkins just hit double-digits with 10 points.
Stephanie Ford had 16 rebounds for the RedHawks.
The Mastodons (1-2) will prepare for the Franklin College Grizzlies on Wednesday, November 28th. Game time is 7 PM at the Gates Center.
~Dons~
