GARY, Ind. -- The Indiana University Northwest women's basketball team came up just short as the RedHawks dropped a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference matchup against Indiana South Bend Wednesday.

TEAM RECORDS 
IU South Bend (23-6, 16-5 CCAC) | IU Northwest (19-9, 14-7 CCAC) 

QUARTER BREAKDOWN
1st Quarter: IU South Bend 19, IU Northwest 15
2nd Quarter: IU Northwest 14 IU South Bend 10 
Halftime Score: IU South Bend 29, IU Northwest 29
3rd Quarter: IU South Bend 10, IU Northwest 6
4th Quarter: IU South Bend 20, IU Northwest 19
Final Score: IU South Bend 59, IU Northwest 54

IU NORTHWEST LEADERS
Points: Tiara Jackson (19), Michaela Schmidt (10)
Rebounds: Tiara Jackson (13)
Assists: Karli Miller (4)
Blocks: Tiara Jackson (2)
Steals: Karli Miller (3)

GAME RECAP
IUSB led 4-1 in the early going then Tiara Jackson made back-to-back layups to grab a 5-4 lead. The Titans went on a 10-1 run the next two minutes to pull ahead 14-6. 

Michaela Schmidt responded with a basket then IUSB knocked down a pair at the line to go up 16-8. Katelyn Halfacre nailed a three-pointer to cut it back down to five (16-11). 

Jackson closed out the first quarter with a layup as the Titans led 19-15 at the end of the quarter. 

IUSB started the second quarter with five straight points to go up 24-15. Lauren Smolen bounced back and made a bucket to keep it close.

The Titans went ahead 29-21 with 4:11 left in the first half. IU Northwest closed out the half scoring the last eight points with six of them coming from Jackson. 

Schmidt started the second half with a layup. Both teams traded baskets most of the third quarter. 

Madison Wirey made a layup for IU Northwest to make it 35-34. IU South Bend closed out the third  quarterwith the last five points to go ahead 39-35. 

IU South Bend started the fourth quarter on an 6-2 advantage to go up 45-37 with 8:11 to play. The RedHawks rallied for seven points in a row after baskets by Smolen, Karli Miller and Meghan Long made it 45-44 in favor of the Titans with 5:33 in the game.

The Titans responded with a three-point play to go back up by four. Jackson kept hitting clutch layups to keep the RedHawks in the game.

Long knocked down a pair of free throws to make it 55-54 IUSB with 20 seconds left. However, IUSB closed out the game by scoring the last four points of the contest, all on free throws as the Titans won 59-54.

UP NEXT
IU Northwest will be back in action Saturday, February 19 as the RedHawks wrap up the regular season on the road against (RV) St. Francis (Ill.) scheduled for 1 p.m. CT.