Lindsey Duvall | Northern Kentucky University Athletic
Lindsey Duvall | Northern Kentucky University Athletic
Women's Basketball Season Ends in Semifinals of #HLWBB Tournament
The Northern Kentucky women's basketball program fought right down to the very end of this Horizon League Championship Tournament Semifinal matchup, but it was the No. 2 seeded Vikings of Cleveland State that ultiamtely came out on top by a narrow margin of just 63-60 by the final buzzer inside the Indiana Farmers Coliseum Monday afternoon.
THE FACTS
FINAL SCORE: Northern Kentucky – 60, Cleveland State – 63 (OT)
LOCATION: Indiana Farmers Coliseum – Indianapolis, IN
RECORDS: Northern Kentucky, 17-14 (10-10 Horizon) – Cleveland State, 29-4 (17-3 Horizon)
BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN
• Lindsey Duvall: 21points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists
• Kailee Davis: 10 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds
• Ivy Turner: 11 points, 4 steals, 2 assists
• Duvall not only recorded yet another 20-plus point performance, her 12th of the year, but played a game-high 45 minutes today, leaving everything out on the court that she could against the Vikings.
• The box score between NKU and Cleveland State does not show any stats that heavily favor one squad or the other, however the rebound game belonged to the Vikings, out-rebounding the Norse 37-25 overall.
• Northern Kentucky's defense held incredibly strong against one of the top offenses in the conference, forcing the Vikings to commit 23 overall turnovers and limiting them to just nine assists.
• Northern Kentucky has now advanced to the Horizon League Tournament Semifinals twice under head coach Camryn Whitaker, with the previous being during the 2019-20 season.
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