ELMHURST, Ill. - The Rockford University women's basketball team suffered its first lost of the season 68-64 on Monday night at Elmhurst University. The game was as close to a statistical dead heat as you can possibly get. While there were only two ties and three lead changes, both teams made the exact same number of field goals (22) and three-pointers (7) and had the same number of second chance points (12). However, the margin of victory came at the free throw line. Although Rockford shot a better percentage at the line (81.3% to 77.3%), Elmhurst attempted six more free throws and made four of the them to help secure the four-point victory.
- Rockford opened on a 10-3 run, including scoring the first four points of the game. Nia Wilkerson scored five of the ten points, including the first bucket of the evening, and a three-pointer to give her team an early seven-point lead.
- The Regents would eventually push their advantage up to as many as eight, following Jocelyn Callahan's second triple of the period, to make it a 20-12 game after one quarter of play.
- Lexi Keating made it a nine-point RU lead after draining her first thee-pointer of the day with 9:04 left in the second.
- Unfortunately, the Bluejays responded with a 12-0 run over the next five minutes and two seconds to take their first lead of the game at 26-23.
- However, Rockford scored the final six points of the half, led by three each from Katie Paredes and Jocelyn Callahan, to give the Regents a 31-28 edge heading into the break.
- Rockford again came out strong to begin the second half. Lexi Keating connected on her second three-pointer of the game, to push Rockford's lead back out to a game-high nine points with 7:17 left in the quarter.
- With Rockford still leading by nine at 43-34, Elmhurst scored the next 13 points to recapture the lead at 47-43 and would eventually take a four-point advantage into the fourth.
- The Bluejays outscored the Regents 8-3 over the first three minutes and two seconds of the fourth quarter and took their largest lead of the day at 57-48.
- With Elmhurst now leading by seven and just under three minutes remaining, Rockford used a 5-0 run to make it a one possession game at 64-62. Nia Wilkerson scored all five of the Regents' points over that span.
- Unfortunately, Rockford was unable to get any closer the rest of the way and fell by a final score of 68-64.
- D'Asia Washington led Rockford with 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal.
- Jocelyn Callahan added 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal. She also tied her career-high with four made three-pointers.
- Nia Wilkerson had 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and a steal.
- Katie Paredes finished with 9 points, a game-high 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
