Huntington women at Indiana Wesleyan
Crossroads League (NAIA) quarterfinals
February 21 at Luckey Arena in Marion, IN
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We don't need to wait for Division 1 to get conference tournament season underway, and what a way for the season to begin for Huntington.
Miranda Palmer scored 26 points and the Foresters pulled the upset with a dominant performance, 79-59.
Huntington, which shot a ridiculous 73% from the field in the second half (5-of-7 from three), moves on to Friday's semifinals and will visit No. 2 seed Saint Francis, an 80-63 winner over seventh-seeded Bethel in another quarterfinal.
Palmer is the school's all-time leading scorer, (and one of only two players along with Amy Betchel, who she passed for No. 1 earlier this season, with 2,000 or more points). It was easy to see why in this one. The senior guard hit three step-back jumpers in the first period, one of which a 3-pointer with just under a minute left giving the visitors the lead for good at 12-9. Palmer hit 3-of-4 from behind the arc and added three assists while playing all 40 minutes.
The higher-seeded Wildcats, who look like they are going to miss the NAIA national tournament for the first time since 2003, never could get going & shot an ugly, 4-for-22 from three-point range.
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