MEQUON, Wis. - The Rockford University women's basketball team fell 62-45 on the road Saturday afternoon to the Concordia Wisconsin Falcons. CUW entered Saturday's meeting against Rockford fresh off an upset road win over NACC juggernaut, Wisconsin Lutheran College. Rockford however was not intimidated and answered each Falcon haymaker with one of its own for pretty much the entire game. Statistically, things were pretty close in most areas. However, CUW had distinct advantages in a couple of spots, most notably in shooting percentage. Despite taking just two more shots than the Regents, the Falcons made seven more baskets, which led to a 44.4 field goal percentage for CUW, compared to just a 32.7 shooting percentage for Rockford.
- Neither team led by more than four at any point during the first quarter.
- Kyla Wilkerson and Audrina Terhune scored back-to-back buckets to propel the Regents to an early 4-2 lead.
- The Regents and Falcons traded baskets for much of what was left in the period, leading to CUW holding a slim 11-10 advantage at the 2:49 mark.
- Concordia Wisconsin would score the next five points, including the first two of the second quarter, to grab the largest lead for either team thus far at 16-10.
- CUW continued to build upon its lead, stretching it to as many as 17 points with 3:07 left in the second quarter.
- Fortunately, Rockford closed the period on a 9-2 run and entered half trailing 33-23. Three different Regents scored over that span, led by five points, including a clutch three with less than a minute left, from Lamyia Maebane.
- Rockford continued to close the gap in the opening moments of the third quarter. The Regents scored seven of the first eleven points, including a triple by Tyra Clark, to make it just a 37-30 CUW lead.
- However, the Falcons responded with seven straight points to push its lead back out to 14 with 4:24 left in the quarter.
- With CUW still leading by 14 and only 8:15 left in the game, Rockford put together one final scoring burst. The Regents scored the next six points, capped off by a Katie Paredes three-pointer, to make it a 48-40 game.
- Unfortunately, Rockford was unable to get any closer, as the Falcons went on to win by a final score of 62-45.
- Katie Paredes led Rockford with a season-high 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting. She also had 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block.
- Tyra Clark finished with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals.
- Lamyia Maebane added 7 points and a steal off the bench.
