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Dakota
State University's Lady Trojans needed second-half
rallies in games against both Minot State and
Dickinson State to keep their at-home perfect 7-0
record intact. On Friday, Amber Malvin's
basket with just 4.1 seconds left against Minot
propelled the Lady T's to a 61-60 win.
"We shot the ball
pretty badly in the first half," said Jeff
Dittman, DSU's head coach, "but we kept
ourselves in the game with our offensive
rebounding. We did a better job in the second
half of executing and hitting the shots we got.
Defensively, we did a pretty good job of covering
their shooters all game long." DSU
trailed Minot State 30-28 at halftime.
A 36-30 second-half scoring
run by the Lady T's gave them a 66-65 decision over
10th-ranked Dickinson Saturday. Against
Dickinson, the Lady T's were behind 35-30 after the
first 20 minutes of play.
"We played an excellent game against an
outstanding (Dickinson) team," cited Dittman.
"Dickinson has a tremendous inside game and one
of the best three-point shooters in the
country. I was very pleased that we were able
to keep them at 65 points, even though they shot 48
percent from the field."
The Lady T's (7-6 overall and 2-2 in the DAC-10)
won't play again until Dec. 30 when they host the
University of Sioux Falls.
Lady T's 61
Minot State 60
DSU was led by Hali McClelland
tilt-top 25 points on 10-17 field goal shooting and
a perfect 4-4 at the charity stripe. "Hali
had an exceptional game, scoring 25 points, grabbing
seven rebounds and handing out four assists,"
added Dittman. Sandy Smith was the only other
Lady T with double-digit scoring, collecting 14
points. Andrea Gullickson added eight tallies.
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| Hali McClelland |
Sandy Smith |
"We also got a very good game from Sandy, who
came off the bench to score her 14 points and grab
seven rebounds," said Dittman.
With Minot outgunning the Lady T's 26-23 in field
goals, DSU won the game at the free throw line,
outscoring Minot 14 -5 from there. Gullickson,
McClelland and Smith each had seven rebounds.
Minot got 18 points from Jennifer Sundahl and 11
more by Lyndsi Johnson. Leann Pekovitch had
nine rebounds and Brenda Robinson as Minot
outrebounded DSU 45-42.
Lady
T's 66
Dickinson State 65
McClelland came through with 22 game-high points to
lead the Lady T's to their second-straight
come-from-behind win. The loss dropped
Dickinson to 11-2 on the year and 3-1 in DAC-10
play.
Renae Bottum netted 13 points and Gullickson 10 as
the Lady T's forged a 29-27 edge in field goals
against Dickinson. Bottum also had seven
assists. Gullickson hauled in 11 of the Lady
T's 31 rebounds.
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| Renae
Bottum |
Andrea
Gullickson |
Dickinson got 16 team-top tallies from Nikidia
McSween, 14 more by Sara Berglund and 10 from Leline
Mayer. McSween also had eight rebounds and
Nicci Schorsch seven.
Dittman cited the play of the entire squad as key
factors in Saturday's win. "This was an
excellent performance by everyone on our
squad. We got contributions from
everyone. I was very pleased with our
offensive execution," concluded Dittman.
"Dickinson is ranked #1 in the conference in
defense, yet we were able to shoot 52 percent from
the field for the game. Our athletes did an
excellent job of executing and hitting the shots
they got."
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