FINAL SCORE: #2 Iowa Wesleyan College Tigers (74), #6 Rochester College Warriors (60)

FINAL SCORE: #2 Iowa Wesleyan College Tigers (74), #6 Rochester College Warriors (60)

RECORDS: Iowa Wesleyan (19-7); Rochester (17-14)

LOCATION: Penn State Fayette Main Arena, Uniontown, PA

IN BRIEF: Iowa Wesleyan College will advance to the finals of the USCAA Women's Division I National Championship after defeating Rochester College in semi-final action 74-60.  The Tigers were led by Dakota Flesner, who recorded 15 points and 13 rebounds.  Wesleyan will face #1 Concordia College Alabama Saturday at 12:30 p.m. for the title.

ON THE COURT

• It was a back-and-forth affair to start the game, with Rochester holding a slim 11-10 lead at the 6:19 mark of the first quarter.
• From there, Iowa Wesleyan went on a 14-0 run to take a 24-11 lead with 2:41 remaining in the quarter.
• A Bethany McCord layup at 2:17 brought a stop to the Tigers scoring barrage, but Iowa Wesleyan was able to take a 32-18 lead to the start of the second quarter.
• After a Dakota Flesner layup to begin the second period, Rochester went on a 9-0 to cut Iowa Wesleyan's lead to 34-27 with 3:47 to go in the half.
• A Kaylee Moselesy three-pointer with 57 seconds to go in the half gave the Tigers a 41-29 lead, but a Rochester layup with 41 seconds remaining made the score 41-31 at the half.
• Rochester was dominant to start the third quarter, as they came within two points of Iowa Wesleyan at the 6:18 mark following a 10-2 run that was capped by a Erica Schwartz three pointer.
• Rochester would be able to stay within two possessions of the Tigers through the majority of the third quarter, but Iowa Wesleyan scored the last four points of the frame to take a 57-50 lead into the fourth quarter.
• Starting with a Darby Massner three pointer at 9:34 in the fourth to make the score 60-50, Iowa Wesleyan pulled away from Rochester the rest of the way out, as the Warriors were able to cut their deficit to single digits only once for the remainder of the game.

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

• The Tigers were led by Dakota Flesner's 15 points and 13 rebounds, while Rachel Williams chipped in with 11 points and 8 assists.
• Rochester's Jackie Highstreet led all scorers with 17 points, and also recorded 12 rebounds.  Sam Charney also scored in the double digits for the Warriors with 15, while Erica Schwarz distributed the ball well recording 9 assists.
• Iowa Wesleyan shot 14 of 16 (87.5%) from the charity stripe for the game.

NEXT UP

#2 Iowa Wesleyan will face top-seeded Concordia College Alabama in the Championship game Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in Main Arena.