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IVCC women’s basketball looks to take another step forward · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  IVCC Women's Basketball looks to take another step forward. Written by Kevin
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  Schlum. This article is being read by an automated voice brought to
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  you by Everlet. In his third season as Illinois Valley Community College
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  women’s basketball coach, Marc Lowe said he has a fun group to
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  watch.
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  Once our freshmen really understand the process of the college level, this
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  group will be a lot of fun, and there will be a
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  lot of excitement, Lowe said.
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  And with veteran leadership and a strong freshman class, Lowe hopes there
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  will be more wins as well. The Eagles went 3-22 in Lowe’s
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  first season as the program was coming off of a year without
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  a team, then went 11-18 last season.
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  We just want to be better than last year, Lowe said about
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  the team’s goals. We really turned it around from my first year
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  to my second year, so I expect this group to turn it
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  around from last year. We made the playoffs last year, so I’m
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  hoping that we can host a playoff game this year. That’s the
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  goal. We want to get better every day in practice.
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  The Eagles return three starters in St. Bede graduates Ashlyn Ehm 13.8
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  points, 8.1 rebounds per game in 2025-26 and Quinn McClain 7.8 ppg,
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  8.1 rpg and Woodland alumna Ella Derossett 12 ppg, 6 rpg, 3.1
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  assists per game, 2.3 steals per game, while Serena grad Jenna Setchell
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  7.5 ppg also was a key contributor last winter.
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  I expect them to bring a lot of leadership and a lot
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  of scoring, Lowe said. Ashlyn was our leading scorer last year. Ella
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  was our second-leading scorer, and Quinn was our second-leading rebounder last year.
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  Jenna’s playing really well right now. She’s really stepped up her game
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  from last year. She’s really a good defensive specialist, but now she’s
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  added scoring to that.
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  Streator alum Leah Krohe is also a sophomore on the roster.
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  Lowe expects to get a scoring boost from the freshman class, which
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  includes Fieldcrest’s all-time leading scorer Macy Gochanour and St. Bede graduate Lili
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  McClain, who scored more than 1,000 points for the Bruins.
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  Gochanour averaged 20.2 points per game as a senior and finished with
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  1,828 points, while McClain averaged 16.5 points
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  last year and finished with 1,143 in her St. Bede career.
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  Macy’s a really good true point guard who likes to push the
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  ball and can score, Lowe said. I see her continuing to do
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  that. She’s doing that very well for us right now.
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  I think both Gochanour and Lili McClain just have to learn the
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  speed of the game. It’s different than high school. They’re working with
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  a 30-second clock, so they have to learn and understand that.
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  Somonauk grad Kiley Mason and Peoria Notre Dame alum Hailey Beck, once
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  she returns from injury, also are expected to be impact freshmen. Ottawa’s
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  Shaelyn Miller and St. Bede’s Savannah Bray round out the freshman class.
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  Lowe expects the Eagles to be a strong scoring team. IVCC has
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  averaged 65 points per game in its 2-1 start, including 84 points
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  in a win over Spoon River.
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  We can score on all levels, Lowe said. We can shoot the
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  3. We have that nice mid-range game. With Quinn, Ashlyn, Savannah and
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  Leah inside, I think we are capable of scoring on all levels
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  this year.
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  Defensively, Lowe said it will be a learning process for IVCC, which
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  is allowing 62 points per game through three games.
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  We’ll go through growing pains, Lowe said. The freshmen have to learn
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  how to play a little bit harder and guard a little bit
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  better, which they’re getting better at. They’re getting better every day defensively.