Chicago, Ill. - IU Northwest rolled into the Windy City Wednesday evening looking for their third straight victory to begin the 2022-23 season in matchup with the hist Roosevelt Lakers.

The RedHawks got off to a quick start and quickly built an 8 point lead by the end of the first quarter highlighted by senior Michaela Schmidt's 1000th career point. Back to back buckets by Tiara Jackson who was a dominant force inside the entire evening would grow the RedHawk lead to 28-16 early in the second half.  By the time the second quarter ended IUN would find themselves comfortably ahead 43-25 as the stingy RedHawk defense held the Lakers to just 21% shooting in the first half. 

IUN would pick up right where they left off to begin the second half with a quick five point run courtesy of a three-point bucket by Micheala Schmidt and a field goal from Jackson to swell the RedHawk lead to 23 points at 48-25. Jackson would later put the RedHawks ahead by 26 points near the end of the third quarter for their largest advantage of the game.

In the fourth period, a barrage of Laker threes would cut the RedHawk lead to as few as 11 with just less than six minutes remaining, however they would get no closer as IU Northwest would cruise to their third straight win to open the season.

The RedHawks posted four players in double figures for the second straight game led by Makayla Best and her game high18 points. Tiara Jackson recorded another double double with 17 points and 16 rebounds. Michaela was also outstanding with a double double of her own with 16 points and 13 rebounds and Karli Miller added 11 points and team high 5 assists. The Redhawks shot 43% from the floor and 38% from long range. 
With the win the RedHawks improved to 3-0 on the season and 2-0 in CCAC league play. 

Game Highlights:

• Michaela Schmidt became the 5th player in program history (Houston, Holland, Monahan, Roach) to reach 1,000 career points
• Tiara Jackson posted her third straight double double with 17 points and a game high 16 rebounds.
• IU Northwest 2-0 remained perfect in CCAC play
• IU Northwest is now 7-3 in it's last 10 matchups vs Roosevelt

Next up:
The RedHawk (3-0) will travel to LaCrosse, Wis this weekend to play in the Viterbo University Classic where they will face the host school on Friday at 3 p.m. and then Saturday square off with Dakota State with a 1 p.m. tip. Both games will streamed by Viterbo and can be accessed at www.iunredhawks.com