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Box Score

CHICAGO, Ill. (Jan. 11, 2011)-- For the second time this season Jenny Swanson provided the decisive bucket in the waning moments, draining a jumper with three seconds remaining in overtime to lift North Central College to the 75-73 victory over host North Park University on Tuesday night in a College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin women's basketball game.

Swanson was one of three Cardinals (5-9, 1-2 CCIW) in double figures in a game that featured four lead changes and 10 ties with neither team holding a lead greater than seven points.

Despite leading by as many as seven points late in the opening 20 minutes of play, the visiting Cardinals went into the locker room at half trailing 39-38, as North Park (7-7, 1-2 CCIW) grabbed its first lead of the game 50 seconds before the halftime intermission.

Tying the game on four occasions in the second half of play, the Cardinals finally regained the lead at 54-53 with 10:58 remaining off a Christine Karl free throw, part of a 9-0 run to take a 56-53 lead.

The Vikings answered once again, reclaiming the lead after rattling off 11 of the next 12 points, enjoying a seven-point buffer with just under five minutes to go.

North Central cut gap to two points on two separate occasions the last at 2:04 before tying the game with seven ticks remaining on a pair of Jackie Errico free throws, sending the game to overtime with the score tied at 66 after 40 minutes of play.

Swanson scored seven of the Cardinals' nine points in overtime, hitting a clutch three-pointer to tie the game with 1:40 remaining before breaking a 73-73 deadlock with a jumper with three seconds left off a pass from Jasmine Tracy for the team's first conference victory of the season.

Swanson paced the Cardinals with 18 points, finishing the game six-for-10 from the floor. Sophie Newson tallied 13 points and dished out three assists while Tracy chipped in 11 points and a team-high four steals. Emily Collins led the Cardinal rebounding effort, finishing with nine, including five on the offensive end.

Roxanne Jones led the Vikings, tallying a game-high 27 points and 11 rebounds. Antoinette Collman came off the bench and added 17 points while Dana Christensen finished with 14.

The Cardinals return to action on Saturday, Jan. 15, hosting Millikin University inside Gregory Arena with tip off slated for 2 p.m.