Preseason WNIT Event Info Year 2009 WNIT 2008 WNIT 2007 WNIT 2006 WNIT 2005 WNIT 2004 WNIT 2003 WNIT 2002 WNIT 2001 WNIT 2000 WNIT 1999 WNIT 1998 WNIT 1997 WNIT 1996 WNIT 1995 WNIT 1994 WNIT Records Postseason WNIT Event Info Year 2010 WNIT 2009 WNIT 2008 WNIT 2007 WNIT 2006 WNIT 2005 WNIT 2004 WNIT 2003 WNIT 2002 WNIT 2001 WNIT 2000 WNIT 1999 WNIT 1998 WNIT Records Middle Tennessee rallies past Indiana; teams wrap up consolation play   November 22, 2008 – Middle Tennessee’s women’s basketball team staged a 20-point comeback to notch a 65-59 victory over visiting Indiana on Saturday night in a consolation game of the Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Chelsia Lymon (19 points) and Anne Marie Lanning (18) led Middle Tennessee (2-1). Indiana (1-2) had four players in double figures. In another WNIT consolation game Saturday, Illinois State defeated Robert Morris 94-82 in a game that featured 22 3-pointers. Robert Morris set a new Preseason WNIT record with 13 3s, beating Connecticut’s mark of 12 set in 2001. Monet Johnson was responsible for eight of Robert Morris’s 3s, which tied her for the individual mark in a game, also held by Jackie Stiles of Missouri State, set in 1998. Both Illinois State and Robert Morris are picked to win their respective conferences this season. In other games, Ball State edged Cleveland State 61-60 and had Audrey McDonald set a Preseason WNIT record with 13 3-pointers made in the tournament; Western Carolina defeated Liberty 73-53; and UC Riverside downed Lafayette 54-41. The Preseason WNIT comes to a close Sunday, with the championship game set for 3 p.m. ET, and features No. 4 North Carolina at No. 2 Oklahoma. Consolation bracket Consolation Rounds 1-2 Host Site A At Ball State Saturday, Nov. 22 Illinois State 94, Robert Morris 82 Ball State 61, Cleveland State 60 Host Site B At Western Carolina Saturday, Nov. 22 Western Carolina 73, Liberty 53 UC Riverside 54, Lafayette 41 Consolation Round 3 Host Site D Saturday, Nov. 22 Middle Tennessee 65, Indiana 59