The IUS women’s basketball team pulled off a win against the Alice Lloyd Eagles during homecoming on Feb. 11, with a score of 63-60.

The game came down to the last second and was not an easy win for the Lady Grenadiers.

Alice Lloyd played a rough game filled with knock-downs and pushes as they flew down the court.

The tip off went to the Grenadiers as Heather Wheat, freshmen guard, took the first shot and missed.

Alice Lloyd took the ball and ran down the court, and, while the Grenadiers played some, strong defense, it was not enough.

The sounds from the crowd overcame the basketball court as they booed the away team.

Ariel Nickell, sophomore forward for Alice Lloyd, took the team’s first shot after two turnovers and scored.

Megan Murphy,  senior forward, shot the first 3-pointer and scored.

The first foul was called on Bailey Gabbard, senior guard for Alice  Lloyd, against Murphy.

The first five minutes were filled with many loose balls, but the Grenadiers were up 7-5.

In the first half quarter, Kylee Anthony, junior guard, fell and injured herself.

After a few minutes, she was able to get up but sat out in order to be checked by the team aid.

With 11 minutes left, the Eagles had back-to-back fouls with four total for their team.

Brooke Willoughby, junior guard, made two 3-pointers in a row.

In the last minutes of the half, both teams kept turning over the ball, and the Eagles were on their ninth team foul.

The Grenadiers led at the half with a score of 38-32.

The Eagles led the game for one minute in the second half, they could not keep the lead.

“It wasn’t our best game,” Tia Wineinger, sophomore forward, said. “We had a lot of turnovers, but we pulled through.”

By BRITTANY ELMORE  

Staff        

blelmore@ius.edu