Illinois beats Villanova for inaugural WBIT championship
INDIANAPOLIS â Makira Cook rebounded from first-half foul trouble by scoring 22 of her 27 points in the second half and Kendall Bostic had 15 points and 15 rebounds, leading fourth-seeded Illinois past top-seeded Villanova 71-57 on Wednesday night to win the first Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament championship.Genesis Bryant added 17 points for the Fighting Illini , who won the first postseason tourney title in program history.
She had 20 points and five assists in Tuesday's semifinal victory over Washington State and averaged 21.0 points during the five-game title run.Lucy Olsen finished with 22 points, six rebounds and five assists to lead the Wildcats . Bella Runyan had 11 points as Villanova made its deepest tourney run since reaching the 1982 AIAW Final Four.Illinois started fast but frittered away the lead when Cook left with her second foul early in the second quarter.
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