LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska Wesleyan got the American Rivers Conference season off to a fast start as the Prairie Wolves defeated Buena Vista University 99-74 in women's basketball action on Wednesday night (Dec. 4) at Snyder Arena.
 
NWU (4-4, 1-0 A-R-C) jumped out to a 15-point first half lead and never looked back as they ran away from the Beaver (1-7, 0-1) in the league opener.
 
The Prairie Wolves full court pressure defense bothered BVU all game long forcing the Beavers into 29 total turnovers.  NWU was able to convert those turnovers into 30 points.
 
After being held to a season-low in points the last time out, the Prairie Wolves got their offense back on track scoring a season-high 99 points.
 
NWU had 82 total shot attempts in the game, 25 more than the Beavers.  The Prairie Wolves shot 47.6 percent from the field as a team, going 7-20 from 3-point range.
 
Five different players reached double figures in scoring as NWU used a balanced attack.  The conference's leading scorer, Caitlin Navratil, led the way with 24 points on 11-21 shooting.  Navratil added eight assists and seven rebounds in the game.
 
Mikenzie Delgado joined Navratil in the backcourt to score 18 points with three made 3-oointers.  Sydney Skupa came off the bench to score 13 points, McKenzie Teten had 11 and Jazmine Glenn scored 10.  Sami Tucker was a perfect 4-4 from the floor with eight points.
 
Destiny Einerwold led the Beavers with 24 points, going 10-16 from the field.