NCAA Women

JAGUARS’ OFFENSE STRUGGLES IN LOSS TO VIKINGS

Purdue Fort Wayne

INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis women’s basketball team was held to a season-low 39 points Saturday afternoon (Jan. 18), falling to visiting Cleveland State, 61-39. Jordana Reisma led all scorers with 21 points while pulling down a game-high 12 boards—her third double-double of the campaign. Katie Davidson led the way for the Jaguars, recording 16 points—her fourth straight game scoring 16 or more.

IU Indianapolis (5-14, 4-6 HL) kept the high-powered Cleveland State offense in check to start the game, holding the second ranked scoring offense in the Horizon League to just six points before the first media timeout. The visitors, however, would heat up after the timeout, going on an 11-2 run over the last four minutes of the period to create a nine-point advantage heading into the second.

Cleveland State’s (15-4, 7-2 HL) zone continued to cause the hosts problems in the second quarter, giving up just seven points in the first five minutes of the second stanza. On the other end, CSU also struggled from the floor to open the quarter but still clung to its nine-point advantage it built in the first.

The lead stretched to double digits out of the break on Reisma’s eighth point of the contest—the most of any player. The Jaguars, however, continued to make things difficult for the Vikings’ offense, holding them to just 12 points in the second quarter. Offensively, the hosts’ hardships remained, shooting 35 percent (5-for-14)…

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