Northern Illinois tried to mount a comeback but missed five of its next six shots. As in the first half, the hosts started quickly to open the second stanza. That basket pushed the margin to 54-33, and NIU never got closer than 14 the rest of the way. In the first five minutes of each half, we didn't do the things we needed to do defensively. After that, we started doint what we need to do, but by then we had dug ourselves a hole.
Consistency is the key.
San Francisco still led 56-35 when NIU mounted a final comeback attempt. Lindhe led all scorers with 16 points plus seven rebounds while Sarah Wanless added 15 and Tasnadi had 14 off the bench for the Lady Dons. The Huskies also missed seven of eight three-point attempts plus seven of 17 free throw attempts, and committed 20 miscues. The lack of success behind the arc was a key for Northern Illinois, which entered the game shooting 43 percent behind the 19-9 line for the season. We have a great deal of inexperience with our post game, and it's showing.