Courtesy: Tim Tushla
Courtesy: Tim Tushla

Recap of the 2024 NAIA Women's Basketball Championship Round of 16 - Day Two

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - [Schedule & Results | BracketDay two of the 2024 NAIA Women's Basketball Championship Round of 16 winners finalized the quarterfinal match-ups. Three of the top seeds advance on the right side of the bracket, while the final contest was an upset out of the Liston Quadrant. 

 

GAME NOTES/HIGHLIGHTS

No. 1 Campbellsville (Ky.) (31-1) def. No. 5 Menlo (Calif.) (20-9), 73-61 | Box Score

  • The teams traded scoring runs throughout the contest. When Menlo (Calif.) closed the scoring gap to two or three points, the Tigers launched another scoring run before the Oaks could overtake the lead. Campbellsville posted its largest lead of the game in the fourth quarter with a 16-point difference. The 11 points that the Tigers dropped in the final 4 minutes and 35 seconds of the game included two key three-point shots that Madaline Boyle made, which sealed the 73-61 win.
  • Jordyn Rosette of Menlo led all scorers with 22 points. Her teammate Alberte Frisch and opponent Kaitlynn Wilks of Campbellsville followed with 17 points apiece.
  • Kiara Brown of Menlo recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds (10 def, 2 off).
  • The Tigers' 40 points in the paint were a difference maker compared to the Oaks' 18.

No. 3 Cumberlands (Ky.) (25-9) def. No. 7 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (22-11), 87-80 | Box Score

  • Cumberlands (Ky.) and Dakota State (S.D.) went back and forth through the first three quarters in attempts to solidify their lead. The fourth quarter saw Cumberlands do just that as the team scored seven unanswered buckets, including a three from Kassie Monday, for a 78-74 lead with 3:57 remaining. From that point, the Patriots never relinquished the lead as they converted 5-6 from the charity stripe to go along with a pair of layups for the 87-80 final.
  • Shaylayne Nagel of Dakota Wesleyan and Destiny Haworth of Cumberlands led all scorers with 21 points. Rylee Rosenquist of DWU followed with 20 points of her own.
  • The Patriots advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in program history.

No. 1 Dordt (Iowa) (32-2) def. No. 4 Mayville State (N.D.) (26-4), 84-76 | Box Score

  • Dordt (Iowa) and Mayville State (N.D.) traded the lead, with eight lead changes during the contest and six tie scores. Until Dordt (Iowa) put up its biggest lead of the contest late in the fourth quarter off of Macy Sievers 14-point run, which gave the Defenders the 84-76 win. 
  • MacKenzie Hughes of Mayville State (N.D.) led all scorers with 24 points.
  • Macy Sievers of Dordt followed with 22 points of her own. Sievers was just short of a triple-double with 22 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds (8 def, 1 off) on her stat line. Included on the sophomore's numbers were four steals on the night.
  • The Defenders are advancing to the semifinals for the second time in program history. 

 No. 7 Briar Cliff (Iowa) (24-9) def. No. 6 Indiana Tech (30-4), 78-52 | Box Score

  • Indiana Tech and Briar Cliff (Iowa) battled for control through the first quarter. BCU took the lead with 7:43 left in the second quarter and that lead was extended to as many as 30 points as the Chargers controlled the third and fourth quarters, which led to a Round of 16 win.
  • The third quarter solidified the Charger's win, as the team scored 31 points to the Warrior's 16.
  • Kennedy Benne of BCU led all scorers with 25 points. Her teammate Mallie Mcnair followed with 18 points of her own.
  • Briar Cliff was 14.2% more successful from beyond the arc and 12.1% more successful from the floor.

 

Saturday, No. 1 Campbellsville and Mid-South Conference opponent No. 3 Cumberlands (Ky.) will take the court to decide the winner of the Duer Quadrant. Meanwhile, No. 1 Dordt will take on Great Plains Athletic Conference opponent No. 7 Briar Cliff to decide the winner of the Liston Quadrant. 

Campbellsville will make its 15th appearance in the quarterfinals and Cumberlands will be making its first in program history. 

Dordt and Carroll are both making their second appearance in the quarterfinal round. 

 

Championship Information

women's basketball

43rd ANNUAL
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
March 21-26, 2024
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First & Second Round 
March 15-16, 2024
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