Lady T's Lose to Tech, BHSU
By Dan Holsworth
Madison Daily Leader

     Dakota State University's Lady Trojans came away from the Black Hills with a pair of basketball losses -- 72-58 to Tech on Friday at Rapid City and 63-51 to Black Hills State Saturday in Spearfish.

     Tech forged a 31-24 first half-ending lead and never let DSU gain the lead, outscoring the Lady T's 41-34 in the game's final 20 minutes.  
DSU got double-digit scoring from Hali McClelland, Amanda Zephier and Andrea Gullickson, who had respective 14-, 13- and 10-point outings.

     Tech had a 26-25 made field goals edge over the Lady T's, getting 23 tilt-tops points from Stacie Vedvei. Cori Leis also had 16 counters and Miaken Zeibler 14.  Tech had a decisive 51-37 rebound advantage over DSU as Vedvei completed a double-double with 10 rebounds. Leis added nine rebounds and Quinn Godeke and Zeigler each had eight.

     DSU got 11 rebounds apiece from Zephier and McClelland.

     "We did a pretty good job of defending the first shot, but we couldn't keep them off the offensive boards. Consequently, they got a lot of easy second shots," said DSU Coach Jeff Dittman. "Tech's 22 offensive boards was the key to their offensive output."

     Despite losing to Black Hills State, Dittman saw some positives coming out of Saturday's game.  "Our intensity was a lot better tonight," said Dittman. "We did a solid job of defending. We held Black Hills State to 63 points, but we just couldn't score enough to make our defensive effort equal a win."

     Robin Grinager came through with 13 team-tops points for DSU, which also got 10 apiece by Renae Bottom and Gullickson.  McClelland grabbed eight of the Lady T's 26 rebounds, while Bottum added five assists and Amber Malvin three steals.

     The Lady Yellow Jackets were sparked by Joni Lunney's 16 points and 13 rebounds. Amanda Mortensen added 10 points and Melissa Bruns claimed 10 of BHSU's 39 rebounds.

     The Lady T's travel to Huron Thursday to take on Si Tanka-Huron.