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Stars Fall in Overtime

The Dominican University women's basketball team hosted the Scarlet Hawks of IIT on Wednesday night. 

Results:
Illinois Institute of Technology: 85
Dominican: 83

How it Happened:
-The Stars got out to an early 15-1 lead in the opening minutes of the game. 
-DU had the lead going into halftime 43-37. 
-IIT came out of the half shooting and won the third quarter 19-12 from their 57% behind the arc.
-The Stars struggled to score in the second half scoring 12 points in the third and 16 in the fourth. Theyshot 38.7% from the floor. 
-In overtime, it came down to who shot more free throws and that was IIT shooting 5-10 from the stripe. 
-Dominican won the points in the paint battle with the score of 50-32

Shining Stars:
-Freshman Kameron Goodman led the team with 18 points behind her 8-16 shooting from the field. 
-Freshman Toni Hayes and Mariangely Velez both had double-doubles this evening. Hayes had 12 points and 17 rebounds, while Velez had 13 points and 11 rebounds.  
-Junior Kamryn Woods was all over the floor tonight collecting 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal. 
-Freshman Payton Allen came off the bench scoring 8 points and hitting two big threes when Dominican needed them most. 

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