Western Illinois 97-57 Omaha (4 Mar, 2018) Play-by-Play

Omaha Mavericks

12-16, 3-11 Conference

	1	2	3	4	T
OMA	20	6	13	18	57
WIU	24	32	21	20	97

Western Illinois Leathernecks

22-8, 10-4 Conference

TIME		OMA	WIU
9:49	Taylor Higginbotham made Layup. Assisted by Morgan Blumer.	0	2
8:53	Taylor Higginbotham missed Jumper.	0	2
8:53	Courtney Vaccher Defensive Rebound.	0	2
8:39	Amber Vidal made Jumper.	2	2
8:23	Michelle Farrow made Layup. Assisted by Emily Clemens.	2	4
8:09	Kalen Phillips missed Jumper.	2	4
8:09	Courtney Vaccher Offensive Rebound.	2	4
8:02	Amber Vidal missed Jumper.	2	4
8:02	Michelle Farrow Defensive Rebound.	2	4
7:46	Michelle Farrow missed Three Point Jumper.	2	4
7:46	Taylor Higginbotham Offensive Rebound.	2	4
7:39	Taylor Higginbotham Turnover.	2	4
7:39	Foul on Taylor Higginbotham.	2	4
7:28	Jess Walter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Courtney Vaccher.	5	4
7:17	Emily Clemens made Layup.	5	6
6:58	Jess Walter Turnover.	5	6
6:52	Michelle Farrow made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Taylor Higginbotham.	5	9
6:32	Jess Walter Turnover.	5	9
6:32	Morgan Blumer Steal.	5	9
6:26	Emily Clemens missed Layup.	5	9
6:26	Courtney Vaccher Defensive Rebound.	5	9
6:08	Amber Vidal made Three Point Jumper.	8	9
5:57	Taylor Higginbotham made Layup.	8	11
5:57	Foul on Courtney Vaccher.	8	11
5:57	Taylor Higginbotham made Free Throw.	8	12
5:43	Claire Killian missed Jumper.	8	12
5:43	Claire Killian Offensive Rebound.	8	12
5:38	Amber Vidal missed Jumper.	8	12
5:38	Morgan Blumer Block.	8	12
5:35	Morgan Blumer Defensive Rebound.	8	12
5:28	Olivia Braun made Layup. Assisted by Michelle Farrow.	8	14
5:04	Courtney Vaccher missed Layup.	8	14
5:04	Morgan Blumer Block.	8	14
5:04	Omaha Offensive Rebound.	8	14
4:59	Amber Vidal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jess Walter.	11	14
4:43	Olivia Braun made Layup.	11	16
4:23	Claire Killian made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Amber Vidal.	14	16
4:11	Morgan Blumer made Layup. Assisted by Olivia Braun.	14	18
3:52	Alicia Mountain made Jumper.	16	18
3:36	Taylor Higginbotham missed Layup.	16	18
3:36	Taylor Higginbotham Offensive Rebound.	16	18
3:33	Taylor Higginbotham made Layup.	16	20
3:18	Official TV Timeout	16	20
3:05	Amber Vidal missed Jumper.	16	20
3:05	Olivia Braun Defensive Rebound.	16	20
2:42	Michelle Farrow missed Jumper.	16	20
2:42	Olivia Braun Offensive Rebound.	16	20
2:38	Olivia Braun missed Layup.	16	20
2:38	Emily Petersen Defensive Rebound.	16	20
2:26	Kalen Phillips missed Jumper.	16	20
2:26	Taylor Higginbotham Defensive Rebound.	16	20
2:11	Taylor Higginbotham made Layup.	16	22
1:42	Amber Vidal missed Jumper.	16	22
1:42	Olivia Kaufmann Defensive Rebound.	16	22
1:17	Olivia Braun missed Jumper.	16	22
1:17	Courtney Vaccher Defensive Rebound.	16	22
1:09	Jess Walter missed Three Point Jumper.	16	22
1:09	Alicia Mountain Offensive Rebound.	16	22
1:03	Foul on Olivia Braun.	16	22
1:03	Courtney Vaccher made Free Throw.	17	22
1:03	Courtney Vaccher missed Free Throw.	17	22
1:03	Alicia Mountain Offensive Rebound.	17	22
0:53	Foul on Olivia Kaufmann.	17	22
0:40	Jess Walter Turnover.	17	22
0:39	Emily Clemens Steal.	17	22
0:37	Emily Clemens made Layup.	17	24
0:11	Jess Walter made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alicia Mountain.	20	24
0:03	Foul on Jess Walter.	20	24
0:00	End of 1st Quarter	20	24

Denny Sanford Premier Center

8:30 PM, 4 March 2018

Sioux Falls, SD

Attendance: 2,982

Referees:
Doug Knight
Jeff Cross
Jamie Broderick

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
South Dakota State	0-0	-	10-3
Oral Roberts	0-0	-	9-3
Omaha	0-0	-	8-5
North Dakota State	0-0	-	7-5
St. Thomas-Minnesota	0-0	-	7-5
Denver	0-0	-	7-6
South Dakota	0-0	-	6-8
North Dakota	0-0	-	5-8
Kansas City	0-0	-	3-11

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Southern Indiana	2-0	-	10-3
Lindenwood	2-0	-	6-5
Eastern Illinois	2-0	-	5-6
Tennessee Tech	1-1	1	7-4
Morehead State	1-1	1	6-6
Little Rock	1-1	1	3-8
UT Martin	1-1	1	3-9
Southeast Missouri State	1-1	1	2-8
Western Illinois	0-2	2	5-5
Tennessee State	0-2	2	4-8
SIU Edwardsville	0-2	2	2-9

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