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Jennie
Sonne (54) gets by Doane's Amanda Creighton for a
field goal attempt for her Lady T's in their 75-66
win over Doane College on the DSU Fieldhouse
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Doane College gave Dakota State University's Lady Trojans
a three-point wake-up call in the first half of Sunday's
Security Bank Tournament championship game, and the Lady
T's responded with a crisp second half of play.
Trailing 38-35, the Lady T's staged a 40-28 second-half
scoring and defensive show to down Doane 75-66 to win the
tournament title.
"The championship game was an outstanding
contest," said Jeff Dittman, Dakota State's head
coach. "Doane played very well, but we were able to
make some plays down the stretch that gave us the win.
"We were battling some illness, but I thought our
athletes did a great job of digging down and finding the
`extra' we needed to win the tournament. We also got some
outstanding contributions from our bench again. We needed
our entire team tonight, and everyone came through for
us."
Mt. Marty earned third-place honors earlier Sunday,
defeating Mayville State 84-75. Doane, on Saturday, put
Mayville State into consolation-bracket play by handing
the Comets a 93-86 loss.
The Lady T's championship win Sunday, coupled with their
66-56 victory over Mt. Marty College in Saturday's opening
round, gives DSU a 6-2 mark heading into their regular
Dakota Athletic Conference slate, which begins Thursday
against the University of Mary.
"After a very difficult preseason, we are looking
forward to taking this momentum into the conference
openers this weekend with the University of Mary and
Jamestown College," added Dittman. Mary was the
preseason pick to win the DAC-10 Conference and is 7-2
thus far this season.
SUNDAY
Lady T's 75, Doane 66
DSU threw a balanced-scoring offense against Doane, with
Amy Balk, Jennie Sonne, Hali McClelland and Jessica
Honermann all having double-digit scoring.
Balk paced the Lady T's with 14 points, followed by Sonne
with 13, McClelland 12 and Honermann 10, which figured
heavily into the Lady T's 25-58 field-goal and 22-30 free
throw shooting figures. McClelland also had four
steals and Balk eight assists to help DSU to its win.
Off the boards, the Lady T's outrebounded Doane 44-31 with
Sonne completing a double-double performance with 10
rebounds. Honermann also had eight rebounds and McClelland
six.
"Jennie gave us another strong performance in the
post and Amy led a balanced scoring attack that had four
players in double figures," added Dittman.
McClelland, Honermann, Amber Malvin, Ashlie Fawbush were
also cited for their play.
Doane (6-4), which went 27-62 from the field and just 9-11
at the charity stripe, got 18 tilt-tops points from Kate
Reeson. Amanda Creighton added 15 tallies and Amanda
Hanzlik 11. Nicky White also had seven assists and
Hanzlik three steals for Doane.
Mt.
Marty 84, Mayville 75
Mayville (4-3) clung to a slim 37-36 halftime edge against
Mt. Marty (6-3), but couldn't maintain it in the second
half as the Lady Lancers had a 48-38 scoring run to nail
down the win.
Mt. Marty got 20 game-high points by Eliza Leloux,
followed by Erin Case and Emily Johnsen, who each had 13.
Kylee White contributed 12 and Mandy Carlson 11.
Mayville was led by Joelle Wendland who had 17 counters.
Lindsey Eliason also had 14 points and Andrea Sebelius
12. Eliason also had 12 rebounds for Mayville, while
Leloux had 11 for Mt. Marty.
SATURDAY
Lady T's 66, Mt. Marty 56
Balk's 15-point performance led four Lady T's into
double-figures scoring territory. Honermann cashed in 11
counters, while Erin Nielsen and Amber Malvin each had 10
as DSU outgunned Mt. Marty 20-17 in field goals and
outscored the Lady Lancers 18-17 at the free throw line.
DSU also had a slim 40-38 rebound advantage over Mt. Marty
with Sonne claiming seven rebounds. McClelland, Balk and
Nielsen each had six. Honermann garnered three
steals and Balk had five assists.
"Our defense was excellent, especially in the first
half when we held Mt. Marty to 23 points. We also did an
excellent job of controlling the boards. We were able to
pick up 17 offensive rebounds and that gave us a number of
second-chance points. Erin was especially tough on the
offensive boards.
"Offensively, we did a great job of executing and
reading the defense. We had the opportunity to score more,
had we hit some fastbreak layups, but we moved the ball
around and used all the scoring options in our
offense."
Dittman cited the play of Balk, Honermann, Sonne and
Malvin as key players in this game.
Mt. Marty got 16 points from LeLouz and 11 more by
Carlson. Leloux also had nine rebounds and Carlson seven.
Doane
93, Mayville 86
Doane had six players in double figures, sparked by Andrea
Swanson 16 tallies. Reeson and Creighton each had 14
points, Heather Nicholson and Hanzlik also had a pair of
13-point games and White had 12. Creighton also
claimed 11 rebounds in helping Doane to a 53-43 rebound
edge over Mayville.
Doane enjoyed a 54-29
halftime lead.
Wendland had a tilt-tops 17 points for Mayville, which got
16 more by Jill Mark and 12 apiece from Sebelius and
Eliason. Amy Martinson had 11 rebounds for Mayville.
Balk
is MVP, others honored
For her outstanding play, Balk was named the Security Bank
Tourney's most valuable player.
She was joined as
all-tournament selections by Mt. Marty's Leloux,
Mayville's Eliason, Doane's Reeson and Sonne from DSU.
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