LA CROSSE, Wis. ? Micha Mims joined the 1,000-point club, Emily Greiner poured in a game-high 28 points and Becca Lampe knocked down some big free throws late as the 13th-ranked Mount Mercy women?s basketball team wrapped up the regular season with a 70-65 victory at Viterbo (Wis.) on Saturday at R.W. Beggs Gymnasium.
The Mustangs nearly saw a 16-point lead slip away in the second half. Mount Mercy trailed for most of the first period but led, 31-30, at the break. They were up, 63-47, with six minutes to go before a V-Hawk comeback that had the home team within two, 67-65, with 21 seconds remaining. Lampe hit 3-of-4 free throws and blocked a 3-point attempt by Jenna Engh that sealed Mount Mercy?s eighth straight Midwest Collegiate Conference victory.
Mims was held to just six points on Saturday, but she needed only five to become the 27th player in school history to score 1,000 points. Greiner, who joined the 1,000-point club earlier this season, drilled four 3-pointers and was 8-of-10 at the foul line during her 28-point outing. She also had four rebounds and four steals.
Lampe was scoreless until those three free throws in the last 21 seconds, but the points were huge. So were her team-high seven rebounds. Bria Fields ended up with 12 points and five boards, Laura Lippert had nine points, three blocked shots and three steals and Amanda Frost talled six points and four rebounds.
Laquita Becker?s 13 points and 11 rebounds led the V-Hawks, who beat Mount Mercy the first time around, 54-51, on Jan. 21 in Cedar Rapids. Shannon O?Toole had 11 points and seven boards while Dani Templin and Brooke Anderson chipped in eight points each.
Mount Mercy (23-7, 15-3 MCC) earned the No. 2 seed in the 2012 MCC Women?s Basketball Tournament and will host seventh-seeded Ashford (10-19, 6-12 MCC) in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Hennessey Recreation Center. Other quarterfinal matchups include eighth-seeded AIB (13-17, 6-12 MCC) at top-seeded Grand View (25-5, 17-1 MCC), sixth-seeded St. Ambrose (12-15, 8-10 MCC) at third-seeded Iowa Wesleyan (17-10, 13-5 MCC) and fifth-seeded Viterbo (10-20, 8-10 MCC) at fourth-seeded William Penn (11-18, 9-9 MCC).
Saturday?s semifinal games are hosted by the highest remaining seeds and will be played at 7:00 p.m. If the Mustangs win their quarterfinal, they would host the winner of Iowa Wesleyan and St. Ambrose. The other semifinal would feature the Grand View/AIB winner against the William Penn/Viterbo winner. The MCC championship game will be hosted by the highest remaining seed on Monday, Feb. 27, at 7:00 p.m.
With 10 teams in the league this year, the MCC gets two automatic berths in the national tournament. The regular season and tournament champions get those. If it?s the same team, the runner-up in the regular season receives the second bid. The 21st Annual NAIA Division II Women?s Basketball National Championship is March 7-13 at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City.
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