Hoops in the Heartland Central

EVANSVILLE - In its final home game of the 2021-22 season, the University of Evansville women's basketball team had three players finish in double-figures in an 83-56 loss to Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

The aforementioned three in double-figures were led by senior Myia Clark, who recorded a game-high 18 points, scoring in the second half. Clark was joined by juniors Abby Feit (12 points) and A'Niah Griffin (11) to lead Evansville. For the Panthers, Nicole Kroeger and Maya McDermott each tallied 14 points as UNI shot nearly 50% (33-67) from the field on the afternoon.

Evansville controlled UNI's advantage for much of the opening quarter, but were haunted by missed shots at the charity stripe, where the Aces went just 2-of-6 from in the opening quarter. The Aces deficit was just nine as the game appeared headed for the second quarter, but McDermott got a steal and knocked-down a half-court shot at the buzzer to lift the lead to 12 at 20-8 for UNI

A 60% (9-15) shooting effort in the opening 10 minutes from the Panthers continued into the second quarter, where UNI scored 25 points. Evansville's offense got kickstarted in the second, as the Aces scored 16 points, powered by 10 points from Griffin as UE trailed heading to the half.

Clark's performance was a highlight of the second half as the senior continued her impressive first season in white and purple. In the final contest of the regular season, seniors Anna Newman and NaTaya Partee exited with minutes left in the contest to ceremonious applause, capping-off their home careers inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.

Evansville secures the No. 9 seed in Hoops in the Heartland, its highest seed since 2016-17, setting-up a matchup with eighth-seeded Indiana State on Thursday at 4 PM inside the TaxSlayer Center in Moline, Ill.
 

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