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CHICAGO (Jan. 18, 2025) - Posting a season-best effort, the North Central College women's basketball team held North Park University to just 45 points in a 71-45 victory over the Vikings at Carlson Gymnasium on Saturday.
Megan McClure found Josylin Simmons-Doxy for a three-pointer on the game's first possession. Jocelyn Trotter scored in the paint before Biz Daly converted an old-fashioned three-point play. Putting North Central up 10-4, Grace Kieffer made a layup. The Vikings battled back to even the score at 12-12 after 10 minutes of play.
Simmons-Doxy scored five early points in the second quarter to spark a 13-0 run from North Central, putting the Cardinals on top, 26-17. Cate Uhren buried a deep ball off of Daly's third assist of the contest. Another layup from Daly gave North Central a 32-21 lead at halftime, following a 20-9 second quarter.
Beginning the third quarter the same way she opened the first two, Simmons-Doxy sank a three-pointer for her 11th point of the game. Simmons-Doxy buried another three before Daly put the Cardinals on top with a layup, 40-25. North Park used a 9-0 run to climb back within six, 40-34. Daly's layup with 13 seconds left capped off a seven-point swing for North Central to close out the third quarter to lead 47-34.
Kieffer scored four quick points before Daly converted on a layup in the paint to begin the final 10 minutes. Ameli Sanchez added two points on a successful trip to the free throw line as North Central opened the fourth quarter on a 12-0 run.
Simmons-Doxy led all players with 14 points, 12 coming from beyond the arc with a 4-of-5 mark from downtown. Daly followed close with 13 points and five assists. Sanchez added 10 points while Kieffer scored nine points with four rebounds, four assists, and four steals. As a team, the Cardinals shot 45% from the field and 39% from three-point range. The Vikings posted a 37% mark from the floor and 14% from behind the arc.
The Cardinals take on Carthage College (11-4, 3-3 CCIW) for the first time this season on Wednesday evening. The teams have split the season series each of the past two years. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at Gregory Arena. Cheyda Yucel, Natalie Doyle, and Lucy Wittenmyer each scored their first points of the season on the way to a 71-45 win over North Park.
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