The Aurora University women's basketball team fell in the opening round of the 2018-2019 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Tournament on Tuesday night at Dominican University 55-35. AU senior Alyssa Brems scored the final two points of the game from the free-throw line to reach and surpass 1,000 points for her career.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Dominican University 55, Aurora University 35
LOCATION: River Forest, Illinois
RECORDS: Aurora University 11-14 overall; Dominican University 17-9 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The first quarter was low scoring with the Spartans and Stars trading the lead back and forth. AU trailed 10-7 after one quarter.
- Defense continued to be strong from both sides in the second quarter. Heading to halftime, AU trailed 20-13.
- The third quarter kept the same theme with the teams locking down defensively.
- AU finished the period on a 5-1 run and trailed 31-29 heading to the fourth.
- The Spartans saw Dominican start the fourth on a 13-0 run.
- With five minutes left, AU trailed 44-29.
- As the final minutes counted down, AU senior Alyssa Brems was three points shy of reaching 1,000 for her career.
- Brems would go one-of-two on two separate trips to the free throw line and sat at 999 when she stole a ball on defense with 33 seconds to play.
- Coming out of a timeout, Brems drove the lane and was fouled to head back to the free-throw line.
- Brems sank both free throws and hit and surpassed 1,000 for her career.
- The Spartans would fall by a final score of 55-35.

TOP SPARTAN PERFORMERS
- Julie Galauner had a game-high 15 points
- Alyssa Brems had 10 points and finishes with 1,001 points in her career.

SPARTAN STAT LEADERS
POINTS: Julie Galauner (15)
REBOUNDS: Meija Rabi (9)
ASSISTS: Bailie Edwards (3)
STEALS: Alyssa Brems (3)
BLOCKS: Meija Rabi (3)
 
UP NEXT
AU concludes the 2018-2019 season.