With less than two minutes left in Sunday’s 73-65 win over Drake, SIU’s Makenzie Silvey made her way to the basket. She tried a driving layup that missed.
The rebound was up for grabs for a few seconds. It passed from one set of hands to another. Abby Brockmeyer got a hand on it. Gabby Walker got another hand on it, eventually batted it to Silvey.
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