As The Saying Goes

“Seeing is believing,” but I’m still not sure I believe quite yet what we witnessed tonight. It was a clinic! Absolutely stellar defense and lights-out shooting were all on display tonight by the Wildcats. They put together the best game of their season. The ladies of IWU are heading to the national championship game after beating Cedarville University. Wow, that sounds kind of nice.

All season long Coach Brooks has been telling us that this team was able to shoot better but we just haven’t seen it, until now that is. Thankfully though, they have been the best defensive team in the country and it carried them to undefeated season. In sports they say “defense wins championships,” and that old adage rings true. (Coach Brooks would say that comes from Woody Hayes, I credit Bo Schembechler.) A little bit of offense doesn’t hurt though and we saw a whole lot more than a little from the ‘Cats in this one.

Here’s the one saying though that has come to my mind the most often tonight. In Isaiah, we read that “those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Tonight we saw Bre Miller soar. When she entered the contest late in the game and scored a basket our hearts were lifted as well. Her life and the beauty of her testimony as she has battled leukemia for the last year and a half are both a blessing and challenge to each of us. No one deserved this victory tonight more than Bre.