Nichols started the postseason tournament with a double-double in the win over ODU, with 13 points and 10 rebounds. She also added four assists and four steals to her stat line.
Against Cedarville, Nichols was unconscious in the first half with 18 points in that half alone. She finished with 22 points on 10-of-16 shooting and added nine rebounds and four assists.
In the championship game, the junior got off to a slow start but scored 12 points in the third quarter to push the momentum in favor of the Dragons. She finished with 22 points on 10-of-24 shooting, while adding six rebounds and two steals. Her lone three-pointer of the game came in the closing seconds of regulation, to push the game into overtime.
Nichols 16 points per game average ranks her seventh in the conference in scoring and her 8.3 rebounds per game ranks her sixth in the conference in that category. She is also third in the league in steals, with 2.2 per contest.
The first-team all conference guard surpassed the 1,000 career-point milestone during Friday’s semifinal game.