PEORIA, Ill. – Senior Leti Lerma (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) turned in her sixth double-double of the year with 13 points and 10 rebounds, but Northern Iowa committed just six turnovers as the Panthers extended their win streak to nine consecutive games with a 72-53 victory over Bradley Sunday afternoon at Renaissance Coliseum.
Lerma moved up two spots on Bradley's career rebounding list, passing Heather Best (1995-99) and Roxanne Grabow (1979-83) to move into eighth all-time in rebounding on The Hilltop and also scored her 700th career point in the setback for the Braves.
Both teams got off to slow starts with the game scoreless for the first 3:30 of the contest and Northern Iowa held a 5-4 lead midway through the opening period.