Rockford, Ill. - The Rockford University women's basketball team is set to make its second NACC Tournament appearance in the last three years. The Regents secured the eighth and final spot in the 2024 NACC Tournament on Saturday with an emphatic 78-43 road win at Dominican University. Rockford will now hit the road again to face top-seeded Wisconsin Lutheran College in the NACC Tournament Quarterfinals on Wednesday, February 21 at 7 PM. Should Rockford upset WLC, the Regents will then either head to Milwaukee to face fourth-seeded MSOE or to Aurora to played fifth-seeded Aurora University on Friday, February 23 at 7 PM. If the Regents are once again victorious, Rockford would be on the road in the NACC Tournament Championship Game on Sunday, February 25 at a to be determined time and location.
Date - Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Time - 7:00 PM
Location - Time of Grace Center (Milwaukee, WI)
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2024 Women's Basketball NACC Tournament Schedule
Quarterfinal Games - Wednesday, February 21 at 7 PM
Game 1 - #8 Rockford University at #1 Wisconsin Lutheran College
Game 2 - #5 Aurora University at #4 MSOE
Game 3 - #6 Concordia Wisconsin at #3 Edgewood College
Game 4 - #7 Benedictine University at #2 St.Norbert College
Semifinal Games - Friday, February 23 at 7 PM
Game 5 - Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner (higher seed will host)
Game 6 - Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner (higher seed will host)
Championship Game - Sunday, February 25 (Time TBA)
Game 7 - Semifinal winners (higher seed will host)
Rockford University
- The Regents are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
- Rockford has three of the top fourteen individual rebounders in the NACC.
- Rockford is 18th in NCAA Division III in bench points (29.9), 23rd in rebounding margin (+9.3) and 28th in offensive rebounds (16.4).
- Audrina Terhune is 25th in the NACC in scoring (9.0).
- Grace Vyborny is 8th in the NACC in blocks (0.8), 9th in field goal percentage (48.7%), 11th in rebounding (6.5) and 17th in steals (1.5).
- D'Asia Washington is 12th in the NACC in rebounding (6.2) and 25th in field goal percentage (41.7%).
- Tyra Clark is 14th in the NACC in rebounding (6.0).
- Katie Paredes is 20th in the NACC in field goal percentage (43.5%).
- Nia Wilkerson is 10th in the NACC in 3-point field goal percentage (35.5%) and steals (1.7).
- Emily Rich is 12th in the NACC in made 3-point field goals (1.5) and 23rd in 3-point field goal percentage (29.1%).
- Victoria Nguyen is in her first season as Rockford's head coach
- 11-14 overall record (.440 Win Pct) and 7-9 NACC record (.438 Win Pct)
Wisconsin Lutheran College
- Wisconsin Lutheran has won 15 straight games dating back to December 21, 2023.
- The Warriors 15-game winning streak is the longest in the NACC.
- Wisconsin Lutheran is second in NCAA Division III in turnovers (11.6), sixth in assist to turnover ratio (1.34), ninth in scoring defense (48.2) and 24th in scoring margin (+18.1).
- Sam Leisemann has been named NACC Women's Basketball Player of the Week four times this year.
- Two weeks ago - She averaged 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds.
- Three weeks ago - She averaged 19.5 points and 8.0 rebounds.
- Early December - She averaged 15.0 points and 12.5 rebounds.
- Late November - She averaged 17.7 points and 10.3 rebounds.
- Margie Stevens has been named NACC Women's Basketball Player of the Week once this year.
- Four weeks ago - She averaged 19.5 points and 6.0 rebounds.
- Sam Leisemann is first in the NACC in field goal percentage (62.3%), second in scoring (15.8), fourth in blocks (1.0) and fifth in rebounding (9.2).
- Margie Stevens is fourth in the NACC in field goal percentage (52.3%), fifth in blocks (0.8), 15th in rebounding (5.7) and 18th in scoring (11.1).
- Ainsley Howard is 16th in the NACC in 3-point field goal percentage (32.4%).
- Meggie Scott is first in the NACC in assist to turnover ratio (3.2), second in assists (4.0), 11th in steals (1.7) and 17th in 3-point field goal percentage (32.0%).
- Mack Hogenson is 16th in the NACC in made 3-point field goals (1.3) and 18th in 3-point field goal percentage (31.0%).
- Jayden Hill is fourth in the NACC in steals (2.0) and 24th in assists (2.1).
- Klay Knueppel is in his 20th season as the head coach at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
- 395-136 overall record (.744 winning percentage) & 278-48 NACC record (.853 winning percentage).
- 9 NACC regular season titles.
- 11 NACC Tournament titles.
- 17 NACC Tournament appearances.
- 11 NCAA Tournament appearances.
- 6-time NACC Coach of the Year.
- WLC ranked as high as 8th nationally under Knueppel.
- Rockford is 1-26 all-time and 1-26 in NACC games against Wisconsin Lutheran College.
- Wisconsin Lutheran won the first ever meeting between the two schools 67-44 at WLC on December 19, 2006.
- Rockford's only win in the series was 49-38 at home on February 3, 2007.
- Wisconsin Lutheran has won 25 straight meetings and has never lost at home to Rockford.
- Wisconsin Lutheran won the only meeting earlier this season at Rockford.
- L 52-42 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran (01/13/24)
- Rockford
- Wisconsin Lutheran
- Lexy Smit - 17 points, 8 rebounds and 1 steal
- Kara Troxel - 10 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist
Individual Leaders
Team Stats
| Rockford |
NACC Rank |
Statistic |
NACC Rank |
WLC |
| 60.8 |
5th |
Points per Game |
3rd |
66.3 |
| 56.8 |
3rd |
Opponent's Points per Game |
1st |
48.2 |
| +4.0 |
5th |
Scoring Margin |
1st |
+18.1 |
| 35.2% |
10th |
Field Goal Percentage |
2nd |
42.9% |
| 36.6% |
6th |
Opponent's Field Goal Percentage |
1st |
33.3% |
| 27.4% |
8th |
3-Point Field Goal Percentage |
5th |
30.9% |
| 27.3% |
5th |
Opponent's 3-Point Field Goal Percentage |
6th |
27.4% |
| 64.4% |
11th |
Free Throw Percentage |
10th |
64.5% |
| 43.6 |
1st |
Rebounds per Game |
7th |
39.3 |
| 34.4 |
2nd |
Opponent's Rebounds per Game |
1st |
32.0 |
| +9.3 |
1st |
Rebounding Margin |
2nd |
+7.3 |
| 12.4 |
6th |
Assists per Game |
3rd |
15.5 |
| 17.6 |
7th |
Turnovers per Game |
1st |
11.6 |
| 17.4 |
5th |
Opponent's Turnovers per Game |
6th |
16.8 |
| -0.2 |
6th |
Turnover Margin |
1st |
+5.2 |
| +0.7 |
6th |
Assist to Turnover Ratio |
1st |
1.3 |
| 9.3 |
6th |
Steals per Game |
8th |
8.8 |
| 1.5 |
13th |
Blocks per Game |
5th |
2.5 |
