Rockford Sun

The Rockford University women's basketball team (16-11) fell 60-46 on Wednesday night to the second-seeded St. Norbert College Green Knights (18-7), in the quarterfinals of the 2022 NACC Tournament. The Regents dug themselves into an early 20-8 hole after the first quarter and were never quite able to recover. Two of the main differences in the game were the three-point shooting and rebounding of the Green Knights. St. Norbert made four additional three-pointers, leading to twelve extra points and outrebounded Rockford by eleven. However, Rockford's Anaya Davis once again proved to be arguably the best player on the floor. Davis finished with a game-high 25 points and 10 rebounds for her NCAA Division III-leading 21st double-double of the season.

REGENT RECAP

• After the Green Knights scored the first four points of the evening, Rockford answered right back with four straight points of its own to tie the game. Naynay Clark got things started with a made jumper, and Anaya Davis followed with a layup to knot the game at 4-4. 
• Unfortunately, St. Norbert promptly scored the next ten points and grabbed a 14-4 advantage with 3:29 left in the first quarter. 
• The Green Knights pushed their lead to as many as 12 on two different occasions, including taking a 20-8 advantage into the second. 
• With St. Norbert still holding an 11-point lead and just over six minutes left in the half, the Green Knights scored nine straight points and took a game-high 20-point lead at the 3:10 mark. 
• However, Rockford closed the half on a 10-1 run of its own, as the Regents entered the break just trailing 34-23. Anaya Davis led the charge with seven points, while Evelyn Abundes hit her first of three triples in the game. 
• The Green Knights opened the second half on an 8-1 run, to push their lead back to 18 points at 42-24. 
• Unfortunately, Rockford was never able to substantially cut into the deficit for the remainder of the quarter and entered the fourth trailing 55-36.
• With the Green Knights now leading 56-36, the Regents had one final surge left in them. 
• Rockford outscored St. Norbert 10-2 over the next five minutes, to make it a 12-point game with 4:14 remaining. Three different Regents scored over that span, led by four each from Anaya Davis and Audrina Terhune and two from Roshanda Stevens. 
• Unfortunately, the Regents were held scoreless the remainder of the way and fell by a final score of 60-46.

STAT LEADERS

• Anaya Davis concluded her spectacular freshman season with yet another outstanding performance. Davis finished with a game-high 25 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals. It was her 21st double-double of the season. She finishes her season leading the NACC in both scoring (18.3 ppg) and rebounding (13.8 rpg).
• Evelyn Abundes provided an excellent spark off the bench. Abundes finished with 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 steal.