CHICAGO, Ill. - The Rockford University women's basketball team picked up an exciting 71-69 double-overtime win on Saturday afternoon at Illinois Tech. Saturday's game was a hotly-contested matchup that featured an incredible 15 ties and 16 lead changes. Although the Scarlet Hawks outshot the Regents from the floor (40.0% to 34.2%), Rockford took 18 more shot attempts, thanks in large part to 16 offensive rebounds. The Regents also forced 28 Illinois Tech turnovers, which led to 20 Rockford points. The win give the Regents their fourth straight victory over the Scarlet Hawks.
- The first quarter was a back and forth affair with neither team leading by more than four points.
- Rockford opened the game with a three-point play by Kyla Wilkerson to give the Regents their largest lead of the period.
- The Scarlet Hawks responded with an 8-2 run of their own to take their first lead of the game.
- With Rockford now leading by one late in the period, the Scarlet Hawks scored the final five points to take a 15-11 advantage into the second quarter.
- Illinois Tech continued to maintain its lead until midway through the second, when Rockford scored 11 straight points to grab a 28-20 advantage. Katie Paredes and Audrina Terhune led the way with four points each over that span.
- Rockford would build its lead up to as many as nine, but Illinois Tech scored the final four points to trim the Regents' halftime lead to 30-25.
- Unfortunately, the Scarlet Hawks began the second half on a 10-3 spurt to once again retake the lead.
- The back and forth nature of the game continued, as Rockford immediately went on an 11-1 run of its own, to leap back in front 43-37. Four different Regents scored during the run led by three points from Katie Paredes.
- Rockford and Illinois Tech continued to trade buckets over the next quarter, which led to the game being tied at 53-53 with 1:17 left in regulation.
- Jocelyn Callahan would make a free throw with 56 seconds remaining to put Rockford back in front by a single point.
- However, Illinois Tech connected on a free throw of its own with 39 seconds left to tie the game and send it into overtime.
- Rockford led by as many as four points early on in the first overtime, but found itself trailing 62-60 with 31 seconds remaining.
- Following a Regent timeout, Kyla Wilkerson knocked down a jumper with only 3 seconds left to tie the game and send it into a second overtime.
- Neither team led by more than a point for the majority of the second overtime, and in fact, Rockford found itself trailing 69-68 with less than 20 seconds remaining.
- This time after a Rockford timeout, Lexi Keating was fouled and went to the free throw line with a chance to tie the game or give her team the lead.
- Keating proceeded to drain both free throws and put Rockford back in front 70-69 with 12 seconds left.
- Katie Paredes then forced an IIT turnover, and Kyla Wilkerson connected on a free throw to make it a two-point game with 6 seconds remaining.
- The Scarlet Hawks' final shot attempt was off the mark, and Rockford held on for an exciting 71-69 victory.
- Kyla Wilkerson led all scorers with a career-high 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting. She also had 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
- Katie Paredes tallied her second double-double in the last three games. She finished with a 16 points, a career-high 15 rebounds and a career-high 6 steals.
- Audrina Terhune added 14 points, a career-high 5 steals, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.
- Jocelyn Callahan had 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.
