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NCAA First Round Win
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47
Southern Va. SVU 21-8,16-2 USA South
82
Winner Denison Den 25-2,13-1 NCAC
Southern Va. SVU
21-8,16-2 USA South
47
Final
82
Denison Den
25-2,13-1 NCAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern Va. SVU 8 14 17 8 47
Denison Den 30 18 17 17 82

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Denison Soars Into Round of 32 With Win Over Southern Virginia, 82-47

Granville, Ohio - In their first tournament appearance in a decade, the Denison women's basketball team left no doubt, as they defeated Southern Virginia University in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament, 82-47. Four different Big Red scored in double figures, while Violet Mitchell led the group with a career-high 21 points. Denison improves to 25-2, while Southern Virginia ends their season with a record of 21-8.

First Quarter: The first quarter could not start any better, as Denison got out to a 19-8 lead to start the game, highlighted by back-to-back threes from Brooke Toigo. The Big Red went on a 11-0 run to end the first quarter with a last second heave from Adelyn Moore to cap off an amazing start to the NCAA Tournament.

Second Quarter: The run would continue into the second, as Morgan Kress and Abby Cooch extended the lead to 28 before the Knights scored to end their drought. Mitchell started to get hot with seven points straight for the Big Red to lead 46-20. Kress added another layup, and the Big Red went into the second half up 48-20.

Third Quarter: Denison continued their attack and defensive prowess into the second half, with Ada Taute and Toigo adding scores to go up 59-28 with under five minutes to go. Hannah Grudzien got in on the action with a bucket shortly after, and Taute finished off the scoring barrage with a pair of free throws to go up 65-39 with one quarter to play.

Fourth Quarter: Mitchell continued her impressive night, scoring eight in the fourth quarter alone to log a career-high 21 points. Toigo also entered double figures with a layup, bringing her total to 11, while Adelyn Moore finished with 10. With the clock dwindling down, the Big Red could feel it, and they capitalized on their opportunity with a first round win in the NCAA Tournament, 82-47.

Key Highlights
  • Four Big Red finished in double figures: Violet Mitchell (21), Brooke Toigo (11), Adelyn Moore (10), Abby Cooch (10)
  • Denison had 19 steals and caused 29 turnovers, with this game being the ninth this season holding an opponent below 50 points.
  • The Big Red went perfect from the stripe, 11-11 (100%).
  • Denison dominated in the paint with 42 points, and capitalized off the Southern Virginia mistakes with 28 points off turnovers.
  • Junior Abby Cooch is two points away from 1,000 career points. She scored 10 tonight to bring her total to 998.
  • This marks Denison's third trip to the NCAA Second Round, their last came in 2006-07, where they fell to DePauw 74-66.
Up Next for the Big Red

Denison gets right back into it tomorrow against No. 24 Trine University in an NCAA Tournament Second Round matchup at 7:30pm.
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