Update after the Friday, February 28, game vs. Ripon:

The Prairie Fire women's basketball team wrapped up a successful 2019-20 season on Friday, falling to No. 1 seed Ripon, 68-56, in the Midwest Conference Tournament. Catessa Duran led Knox with 24 points, and Jarrelyn McCall added 14.

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For the second time in three years, the Prairie Fire women's basketball team has qualified for the Midwest Conference Tournament (MWC), finishing their regular season with a record of 16-9 (11-7 MWC).

They will travel to Ripon, Wisconsin, to battle top seed Ripon in the semifinal round at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 28. The winner of that game will play the winner of the Monmouth/Cornell semifinal in Saturday's MWC Tournament Championship game, which will be played at 3:00 p.m.

A send-off is planned for 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 27, from the front of Alumni Hall.

Can't make it to Ripon? You can watch the games live.

A hard-won 59-56 victory over Illinois College on February 18 vaulted the Prairie Fire into the tournament.

The 2019-20 team’s successes have included:

• 16 total wins, the most since the 2017-18 season
• 11 conference victories, matching the performance in 2017-18, when the Prairie Fire hauled in the most conference wins in school history
• Senior Jarrelyn McCall breaking the old record and becoming the all-time leading scorer for Knox women’s basketball