Mon. Jan 19th, 2026

Women’s basketball dominates the Big Blue

Seniors Sawyer White and Ava Bardic talking pre-game. The duo came into the game averaging a combined 33.2 points and 5.8 steals per game.
Sophomore Leah Palmer chasing down an offensive rebound. Palmer transferred to IWU at the semester break from DII Lewis University.
Bardic pulling up from three.  Bardic made three threes in a 30-point outing against the Big Blue, her career high for points.
Coach Mia Smith. She became the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin’s all-time winningest coach in conference play with the Titans’ win over Carroll on Jan. 3, surpassing Millikin coach Lori Kearns’ 296 win count. Following the win over Millikin, Smith is now only 20 wins behind Kearns for the all-time record (556) for the CCIW. 
Bardic driving for a basket. Bardic leads the team in both free throw attempts and three-point attempts, a dominant three-level scorer for IWU. 
First-year Caitlin Leyden sizing up an opponent shortly before her lone basket of the game. While she only had two points, her six steals and six rebounds made up for it.
The Titans beat the Big Blue to extend their record to 11-4 (6-0.) In their last two conference games, they have outscored opponents 153-87.

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