NIACC women fall to Schoolcraft, 78-55
By The Globe Gazette staff
PEORIA, Ill. - Fifth-ranked (NJCAA Division II) NIACC closed out the Illinois Central holiday tournament Wednesday with a 78-55 loss No. 2 Schoolcraft.
Trudy Peterson led the Lady Trojan offense with 14 points while Savannah Lentz added 10 and Courtney Larson had eight.
Elise Tolbert scored 29 points to lead Schoolcraft.
NIACC (8-6), which returns to action Jan. 4 at home against Iowa Western, finished the tournament 1-2 with each of their losses coming to teams ranked higher than itself.
"Hopefully it helps us," NIACC coach Todd Ciochetto said. "That's the plan, but we have to get better."
No. 4 Illinois Central topped No. 6 Kirkwood in the tournament's title game.
SCHOOLCRAFT 78, NIACC 55
NIACC 16 8 19 12 – 55
Schoolcraft 27 12 14 25 – 78
NIACC – Savannah Lentz 10, Courtney Larson 8, Tianna Cook 6, Morgan Cuffe 5, Sammie Sproul 4, Sam Adamich 4, Trudy Peterson 14, Diamond Miller 4. Totals – 22-72 5-10 55.
3-point goals (6-32) – Riley Galvin 0-1, Lentz 2-12, Larson 0-3, Sproul 0-2, Adamich 0-1, Peterson 4-12, Miller 0-1.
SCHOOLCRAFT – Riki Scherdt 10, Phoenix Douthat 11, Jamyra Wilson 2, Elise Tolbert 29, T'era Nesbitt 20, Ashley Bland 6. Totals – 31-60 10-13 78.
3-point goals (6-22) – Rainy McCune 0-4, Sherdt 1-1, Douthat 1-2, Tolbert 2-6, Nesbitt 2-5, Bland 0-4.
NIACC women's 2015-16 season (8-6 overall)
NIACC 76, NDSCS 51
NIACC 98, Williston State College 77
NIACC 84, Illinois Central 76 (OT)
NIACC 87, Lake Land College 73
Illinois Central 86, NIACC 75
Parkland College 84, NIACC 71
NIACC 83, RCTC 61
State Fair CC 83, NIACC 81
NIACC 131, Kennedy King College 71
NIACC 74, Marshalltown CC 46
Iowa Western 81, NIACC 74
NIACC 93, Cincinnati State 80
Illinois Central 87, NIACC 54
Schoolcraft College 78, NIACC 55
NIACC women's basketball team 2015-16 season
When NIACC Then NIACC is
At home 3-0
On the road 2-2
Neutral site 3-4
Leads at halftime 7-2
Trails at halftime 0-3
Tied at half 0-1
Plays in overtime 1-0
Scores less than 60 points 0-2
Scores between 60-69 points 0-0
Scores between 70-79 points 2-3
Scores between 80-89 points 3-1
Scores between 90-99 points 2-0
Scores 100 or more points 1-0
Allows less than 60 points 2-0
Allows between 60-69 points 1-0
Allows between 70-79 points 4-1
Allows between 80-89 points 1-5
Allows between 90-99 points 0-0
Allows more than 100 points 0-0
Game is decided by 1-3 points 0-1
Game is decided by 4-6 points 0-0
Game is decided by 7-10 points 1-2
Game is decided by 11-14 points 2-2
Game is decided by 15 or more points 5-2
