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With
a nail-biting 80-79 win over Black Hills State University on
Saturday in Spearfish, Dakota State's Lady Trojans kept
their slim postseason playoff hopes alive. DSU also
posted an 89-79 victory over South Dakota Tech in Rapid City
on Friday.
DSU (10-17 overall and 6-11 in the DAC-10) needs to win the
regular-season finale Thursday at home against Huron
University to have a chance at a postseason berth. The
Lady T's are now in ninth place in the conference. The first
eight place-finishers in the DAC-10 advance to postseason
play.
In the Black Hills State game, DSU trailed the Lady Yellow
Jackets by one point, 39-38, at halftime, only to outscore
Black Hills State 42-40 to earn the win. Hali
McClelland's put-back shot with four seconds left lifted the
Lady T's to victory.
"This was an offensive
shootout all night," said Jeff Dittman, DSU's head
coach. "Neither team could stop the other."
With her game-winner, McClelland wound up with 16 points to
lead DSU's offense. Amy Balk tacked on 11 counters and Erin
Nielsen and Mandy Kruger each had nine as the Lady T's shot
a robust 31-of-55 from the field.
McClelland's nine rebounds also
helped DSU to a 34-26 rebound advantage over BHSU.
Black Hills State got 23 game-high
points from Darcy Reinicke,
14 more by Melissa Christensen and 15 from Amanda Mortenson.
Reinicke also had seven rebounds.
DSU 89,
Tech 79
On Friday, Trisha Grablander sparked the Lady T's win,
netting 21 points. Kruger added 12 counters and McClelland
10 as the Lady T's went 30-56 from the field.
McClelland had eight rebounds as
the Lady T's were outrebounded 42-39. Jessica Honermann also
had seven rebounds for DSU.
"Trisha had a great game for
us, scoring 21 points overall, including three 3-pointers at
the start of the second half, to get us rolling after
halftime," added Dittman. "We had a great team
effort with nine people scoring five or more points. We were
difficult to defend because everyone was hitting
shots."
DSU had a slim 45-43 halftime
cushion over Tech.
The Lady Hardrockers got a
game-high 29 points from Jaime Rathjen, 14 more from Stacie
Vedvei and 10 by Miaken Ziegler. Vedvei collected nine
rebounds and Zeigler eight.
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