Feb. 14, 2008

Box Score

WICHITA, Kan. -- University of Northern Iowa freshman Jacqui Kalin scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Panthers to a 64-54 victory at Wichita State Thursday night. The win is the Panthers' third straight and the 19^th consecutive victory over the Shockers.

            Traci Ollendieck scored nine points, and Lizzie Boeck and Nicole Clausen each scored seven for UNI. Kiki Stephens and Kyrie Kinder each scored nine points to lead WSU.        

            Wichita State (8-16, 2-10) scored first, and the Panthers answered with a layup from Kalin and a three from Ollendieck that gave UNI (10-13, 6-6) a 5-2 lead early. The Panther lead stayed between one and three points until Kalin hit a three from the right wing to put UNI in front 18-14 with 8:07 left in the half.

            Whitney Rice returned it to a one-point game when she hit a three on the Shockers' next possession. Alex Bunton scored on the block for to give WSU the lead, 19-18, and then Jennifer DeGarmo drained a three to give the Shockers a four-point advantage, 22-18 with 6:08 on the clock.

            Kalin hit a short jumper at the six-minute mark to end the WSU run, and Danielle Wubbens found Lizzie Boeck on the block for a basket that tied the game at 22-22.  Boeck got a three from the top of a key to bounce in, putting the Panthers back in the lead, 25-22 with 4:55 remaining in the period. Wubbens scored on a layup, Nicole Clausen hit a three and Erin Brocka knocked down a 15-foot jumper to put the Panthers in front by 10, 32-22 at the two-minute mark.

            Kiki Stephens put back an offensive rebound to end UNI's 14-0 run and cut the UNI lead to single digits, 32-24. Kalin scored at the one-minute mark to keep the Panther advantage at 10 points, but Kyrie Kinder hit a three from the right wing to pull the Shockers within seven, 34-27.

            Kalin hit a three with 12 seconds remaining in the period to send the Panthers into the break in front by 10, 37-27.

            WSU scored the first five points of the second period to cut the Panther lead in half, 37-32. UNI answered with a 6-0 run to extend its lead to 43-32.

            Daria Frazier hit a three for the Shockers, and DeGarmo hit a pair of free throws to pull the Shockers back within six, 43-37 with 12:24 to play.

            Clausen used a three-point play to put the Panthers back up by nine, but a free throw from Stevens and a three from DeGarmo pulled the Shockers within five, 46-41 with 10:28 remaining.

            Kalin was fouled as she drove the length of the floor and hit a layup, and her free throw put UNI back up by eight, 49-41. Ollendieck returned it to a 10-point Panther lead with a pair of free throws at 7:20, and Kalin put UNI up by a dozen, 53-41, with a pair of free throws at 6:39.

            Kinder scored on back-to-back trips to pull the Shockers within eight, but Brocka answered with a long jumper to keep the difference at 10 points, 55-45 with 3:50 left.

            Trailing 57-47, Samantha Smith scored for the Shockers, and Daria Frazier followed with a layup as she was fouled. Her free throw pulled WSU within five with 2:10 to play, 57-52.

            Clausen made one of two free throws to put UNI in front by six. Smith was fouled as she made a layup with 58 seconds left.  She missed the free throw, keeping the UNI lead at four, 58-54.

            The Panthers collected the rebound off the missed free throw, and Brocka was sent to the free-throw line. She hit a pair to stretch the lead to six, 60-54 with 53 seconds remaining.

            UNI came up with a stop on the defensive end, and the Shockers sent Kalin to the line. She put the Panthers in front by eight with a pair of free throws with 15 seconds left, and after UNI came up with another defensive stop, Ollendieck hit a pair to put the Panther lead back at 10 points, 64-54, which would become the final score. 

            The Panthers shot 50 percent (14-of-28) from the floor in the first half, but went cold in the second period, shooting 7-of-28 (25 percent) to finish shooting 21-of-56 (38 percent) for the game. UNI was 5-of-22 (23 percent) from three-point range, and the Panthers were 17-of-18 (94 percent) from the free-throw line.

            WSU shot 20-of-58 (35 percent) from the floor, including 5-of-18 (28 percent) from behind the arc. The Shockers were 9-of-13 (69 percent) from the free-throw line.

            The Panthers committed a season-low eight turnovers, compared to 15 for the Shockers. WSU outrebounded UNI, 41-36.

            The Panthers return to action on Saturday when they play at Missouri State. Tipoff is set for 1:05 p.m.