The #13 ranked Millikin women's basketball used a second half rally to defeat North Central College 74-62 on February 11 at the Griswold Center in Decatur, Illinois.

         For the second straight game, Millikin had a poor start to the game unable to find its shot. The Big Blue made only 2-14 (14 percent) in the first quarter falling behind 19-7. Millikin outscored the Cardinals 20-12 in the second quarter and went into the locker room at halftime trailing 31-27. 

         The Big Blue got rolling in the third quarter shooting 7-15 (48 percent from the field and building a 49-44 advantage in the third quarter. Millikin closed out the game with a 25-18 fourth quarter to pull off the victory.

         Millikin shot 36 percent (24-67) from the field for the game making 6-20 (30 percent) from beyond the arc. The Big Blue made 20-26 from the free throw line. North Central shot 40 percent (23-58) from the field and made 5-22 from three-point range. The Cardinals were 11-17 from the line.

Millikin won the rebounding battle 45-36. 

         Senior Jordan Hildebrand scored nine points and grabbed nine rebounds for Millikin. Hildebrand surpassed the 1,000 point mark in her career and now stands at 1,006. Elyce Knudsen was the Big Blue's top scorer with 22 points, six rebounds and four assists. Abby Ratsch added 12 points followed by Miranda Fox with 11 and Jazmin Brown with 10. Fox had five rebounds and four assists.

         North Central's top scorer was Haydn Braun with 20 points.

         Millikin is now 5-2 while North Central falls to 0-6. The two teams will play again on Saturday, February 13 in Naperville.