Jeff Dittman's
Lady T's guaranteed themselves a share of the first Dakota-10
Conference title with their weekend sweep of Black Hills State and
S.D. Tech and put themselves in the driver's seat for the league's
automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament.
Dakota State, 20-7 overall, set up its title-taker Friday with a
72-46 win over S.D. Tech. On Saturday, the Lady T's beat the
Yellowjackets of Black Hills State 74-66.
As
of late Saturday, Dakota State had a one game lead over Huron
University and a game-and-a-half lead over Black Hills State with
their 13-4 league record. Lady T's
74
BHSU 66
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Dakota
State got 19 tilt-tops points from Kathy
Shypulski on Saturday, and the Lady T's also got a pair of
12-tally games from Jessica
Honermann and Hali
McClelland in what Dittman called an eclectic contest.
"This
game was a tale of two halves," Dittman said. "The first
half was dominated by defense. Both teams were very aggressive and
points were hard to come by. The second half, the offenses took over
and the two teams scored 89 total points. We shot 72 percent from
the field for the half, while Black Hills hit 54 percent of their
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Kathy Shypulski |
Dittman cited the
defensive play of Erin
Nielsen, Honermann and McClelland against "Black Hills'
very talented front line." Dakota State also got a pair
of nine-point games from Jennie
Sonne and Heidi
Honermann.
BHSU's
top scorer was Amanda Schelle with 17 second-half points, followed
by Darci Reinicke and Becky Schultz each with a dozen points and
Melissa Braegger with 10.
Lady T's 72
S.D. Tech 46
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On Friday, it was Shypulski's 33-point performance which
helped the Lady T's produce a surprisingly lopsided 72-46
win over S.D. Tech.
"This was our best overall performance of the
year," said Dittman. "We played well at both the
offensive and defensive ends of the court, and we did an
excellent job of rebounding (42-35). We got off to a 9-0
lead from the start and kept our intensity throughout the
game.
"Tech is one of the top scoring teams in
the league, yet we were able to hold them to 33-percent
field goal shooting. We did a great job of pressuring the
ball and anticipating the pass, forcing them into 30
turnovers."
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Dakota State also got 14 counters from Jennie
Sonne, seven more by Nielson
and six by Jessica
Honermann.
Nielson had seven rebounds, Jessica Honermann six and Sonne
five for the Lady T's.
Tech was sparked by Krystal Kubas' 10 points, while Amy
Wilson and Miaken Ziegler each had seven.
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Jennie Sonne |
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