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Dakota
State's Molly Hathaway (14) scores two Lady Trojan
points, getting by Dakota Wesleyan's Amber DeWolf
to get the basket. Hathaway and the Lady T's
shocked No. 3-ranked DWU 69-66 Tuesday. |
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Amy Balk, Jessica
Honermann and Jennie Sonne came up big for Dakota State
University, helping the Lady T's (now 3-1) stun the No.
3-ranked Lady Tigers 69-66 on the DSU Fieldhouse hardwood.
Balk hit two critical free throws
with 8.8 seconds remaining in Tuesday's ballgame, giving
her five game points and the Lady Trojans a 69-66 lead.
Then Honermann blocked a DWU' 3-point attempt and grabbed
the rebound to end the game.
Earlier, Amanda Williams had
gotten the Lady Tigers (4-2) to within one point, 66-67,
of DSU with a little less that 17 seconds left in the
contest, making a pair of free throws.
It took a 39-34 second-half
scoring surge by the Lady T's to overtake Dakota Wesleyan.
"I was very proud of the way
our team battled back in the first half and then took the
lead in the second," said Jeff Dittman, DSU's head
coach. "We had opportunities to put the game away in
the last five minutes, but you have to give credit to DWU.
They never let up with their intensity. This was another
quality win for us against a great team."
The Lady Tigers controlled the
game early in the first half, earning almost double-digit
leads at various stages of the game's first 20
minutes. "Dakota Wesleyan got off to a very
strong start and had us down 14 points at one time in the
first half," said Dittman. Late in the period,
the Lady T's rallied to come within a pair of points,
30-32, at halftime.
DSU got balanced scoring from
Jennie Sonne, Hali McClelland, Amber Malvin, Honermann and
Erin Nielsen. Sonne worked the inside for 14 points.
McClelland had 13 as the Lady T's went 25-45 from the
field and 16-20 from the charity stripe. Malvin also came
through with 10 counters, Honermann nine and Nielsen
eight.
"Jennie did an outstanding job in the post,"
said Dittman. "Not only did she score, but she did a
great job finding open people when she was double-teamed.
Hali had another strong shooting performance and Jessica
had an outstanding all-around game.
"We also got three very
strong performances from Erin, Molly Hathaway and
Amber."
McClelland had just six points at
halftime, while Honermann had five and Sonne and Mandy
Kruger each had four.
Defensively, the Lady T's held
Dakota Wesleyan to just 22-of-53 field goal shooting,
including 10 three-point successes. Abbey DeWolf,
Williams and Victoria Drefs shouldered the Lady Tigers'
scoring load, earning 21, 20 and 12 points, respectively.
DWU played the game without Randi Morgan, its 6-foot
starting center.
Off the boards, the Lady T's
outrebounded DWU 34-30. Honermann and Sonne each had
nine rebounds, while DWU was sparked by Tacey Faulhaber's
eight nabs and Tera Ellefson's six.
On Friday, Dittman and his Lady
Trojans face NCAA's Div. IIA's second-ranked University of
North Dakota.
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