Women Win For a Spot in Title Game
Led by senior Sarah McGill, the Indiana Wesleyan women’s basketball team had its best shooting game of the season Monday in a surprise blowout of Cedarville (Ohio). In a battle of two No. 1 seeds, the Wildcats won 93-56 in a NAIA Division II National Tournament semifinal game that was never close.

IWU (37-0) will play in its first-ever national championship game tonight at 7:30 p.m. The Wildcats play the winner of tonight’s Ozarks-MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) semifinal contest.

Sarah McGill scored 31 points to lead Indiana Wesleyan. She hit 13 of 17 shots and 5 of 7 from the free throw line. McGill, who was three points away from tying a career high, scored 21 points in the first half and achieved her game-high total in 26 minutes of playing time.

Indiana Wesleyan shot 62 percent from the field (38 of 61), their highest percentage of the tournament. The Wildcats drained 11 of 18 shots from 3-point range.

The Wildcats hit their first five shots and took a 12-4 lead in the game’s first four minutes. IWU hit 11 of its first 13 shots as its lead grew to 17 eight minutes into the game. After that the Wildcats never led by less than 12 points, and were up by as many as 38 in the second half.