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Home Of Champions|73 National Championships
Catherine Kruschke
Catherine Kruschke finished her OCU career with 544 points.
52
Oklahoma City University OCU 20-9
67
Winner Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) LCSC 26-6
Oklahoma City University OCU
20-9
52
Final
67
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) LCSC
26-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Oklahoma City University OCU 12 15 16 9 52
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) LCSC 20 21 14 12 67

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

OCU drops NAIA Tournament contest to Lewis-Clark State 67-52

Stars fall short of NAIA Tournament second round for first time since 2008

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) eliminated Oklahoma City University from the NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 67-52 on Wednesday night at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena.
Oklahoma City concluded its season 20-9. The 17th-ranked Stars had captured the past two national championships and three national titles in four years. OCU has won national crowns in 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
Oklahoma City posted its 18th consecutive 20-win season and 19th national-tournament appearance in a row. OCU had notched 17 25-win seasons in a row. During that streak from 1998-2015, OCU went 533-65, averaging 29.6 wins per season with 11 30-victory seasons and an .891 winning percentage.
OCU dropped to 66-14 in NAIA Tournament play. The Stars remained one victory shy of tying the all-time record for NAIA Tournament wins. Lewis-Clark State snapped OCU's 10-game winning string in the NAIA Tournament and the Stars' seven-game winning streak in first-round national-tournament games.
Daniela Wallen spearheaded the Stars with 16 points, 12 rebounds and three steals. Wallen, a junior from Caracas, Venezuela, picked up her 14th double-double of 2015-16.
OCU's Mariana Duran, a junior from Yaracuy, Venezuela, produced 10 points, four rebounds and two steals. Catherine Kruschke, a senior from Dublin, Calif., supplied the Stars with seven points and three rebounds, and Leah Cheney, a junior from Ault, Colo., handed out a team-best five assists.
No. 13-ranked Lewis-Clark State (26-6) limited OCU to 33.9 percent shooting from the field. The Stars shot less than 35 percent from the floor for only the fourth time this season.
Brooke Litalien nailed back-to-back 3-pointers to give Lewis-Clark State an early 8-0 lead. Litalien struck for another trey to put her squad up 15-5 with 5:16 left in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Janae Haag sank a pair of free throws to cut OCU's deficit to 36-27 with 1:31 left in the first half. Megan Risinger responded with a 3 for Lewis-Clark State at the 1:01 mark.
Lewis-Clark State maintained a double-digit advantage for the remainder of the game. Litalien's 3-pointer with 7:52 left gave Lewis-Clark State its largest lead of the game at 61-43. Litalien went 6-for-11 from beyond the arc to lead all scorers with 18 points.
 
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