On Tuesday, the Lady T's
(4-2) staged a second-half comeback to overtake Dordt
College 67-64 at Sioux Center, Iowa.
"This was
another good road win for us," said Lady T's Coach Jeff
Dittman. "Historically, we were 4-10 at Dordt, so this has
never been an easy place for us to play."
Trailing Dordt (1-4) 32-26 at halftime, DSU went on a
41-32 second-half scoring tear to nail down the win.
"We played an excellent second half," said Dittman.
"We scored those 41 points while shooting 62 percent from
the field."
It took
a 15-point performance by Jessica VanLoy and Sara Nelson,
along with the 10-point display of Maria Gengler, to push
DSU to the win. VanLoy, Nelson, and Gengler combined
for 50-percents, 17-34, field goal shooting and allowed
the Lady T's to go 27-56 from the field, including a trio
of 3-point successes.
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Jessica Van Loy
15 points, 8 rebounds |
Sara Nelson
15 points, 4 blocked shots |
"Jessica did a great job at both ends of the court," said
Dittman. "She was scoring, rebounding, giving
assists and getting steals."
Stacy Dunklau, fresh from her postseason volleyball play,
netted eight points, shooting an almost-perfect 4-5 from
the field. "Sara and Maria also played well for us in the
post, as did Stacy in her first basketball game following
the volleyball season," said Dittman
Despite their 27 field goals, the Lady T's won the game at
the charity stripe, outscoring Dordt 10-3 from the line.
VanLoy contributed six assists and two blocked shots,
while Nelson led DSU with four blocked shots. "Angie
Carr did a good job of running the offense," said Dittman,
"and Lindsey Binger was contributing at both ends of the
court."
Dordt's Lady Defenders had a 5-rebound, 43-38, edge over
DSU, which got eight rebounds by VanLoy and six more from
Gengler. Dordt got eight rebounds from Leslie Larson
and six from Kara Karlsgodt.
The Lady Defenders got a game-high 21 points from Shawna
Flikkema and 14 more by Karlsgodt. Chelsea Gerdes
garnered seven points. Flikkema had six assists and
Katie Bleeker five. Larson also had two blocked
shots.
DSU host Graceland University of Lamoni, Iowa, at 8 p.m.
Saturday in the DSU Fieldhouse. The Mayville
State-Buena Vista game at 6 p.m. ushers in the Touchstone
Energy Cooperatives Holiday Tournament.
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