Dakota State University's Lady Trojans, for the second
time in a dozen nights, dished out a loss to No. 7-ranked
Northwestern, beating the Red Raiders 66-57. On Nov.
15 at Sioux Falls, the Lady T's beat Northwestern an 85-62
in the USF Classic. The only losses Northwestern (4-2)
have suffered have been to DSU.
"This was a great road win
for us Tuesday," said Jeff Dittman. "We did a
good job defensively all night, and had a lot of people
contribute to the win. With some early foul trouble and a
couple of our athletes sick with colds, we needed a lot of
help from our bench -- and got it."
Leading the Lady T's reserves
were Molly Hathaway and Andrea Gullickson, who gave DSU
some quality minutes, according to Dittman. They scored
nine of the Lady T's 66 points and claimed six of the
winners' 41 rebounds.
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The Lady T's offense was spearheaded by Amy Balk's stellar
20-point performance, which was supported by Hali
McClelland with 12 tallies and Jessica Honermann with 11
points and seven team-leading rebounds.
DSU and Northwestern each
bucketed 23 field goals, but the Lady T's outscored the
Red Raiders 18-8 in free throw successes, due in large
part to Balk's 12-14 showing at the charity stripe.
Northwestern got double-figures
scoring from Carli Blom, Jamie Woudstra and Heather Block,
who had respective 16-, 13- and 10-point outings.
"Northwestern went ahead
51-50 with about six minutes to play," added Dittman.
"But, we outscored them 16-6 down the stretch with a
combination of good execution, a couple of key offensive
rebounds and free throw shooting. Amy was 8-8 from the
free throw line in the last three minutes to secure the
win for us."
Even though the Lady T's had a
41-39 rebound edge over Northwestern, the Red Raiders
produced 19 offensive rebounds, which concerned Dittman.
"Our biggest weakness tonight was keeping
Northwestern off the offensive boards," said Dittman.
"They got a number of second shots."
Honermann led the Lady T's
rebounding with seven grabs, while Erin Nielsen had six
and Jennie Sonne five. Woudstra claimed seven rebounds and
Lindsey Kropf six for Northwestern.
DSU is the host school for the
Security Bank Tournament, which will be played Saturday
and Sunday at the DSU Fieldhouse. Saturday's action
begins at 6 p.m. with Doane College taking on Mayville
State University, followed by the Lady T's-Mt. Marty
College contest at 8 p.m. The third-place game
Sunday begins at 1 p.m., followed by the championship at
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