Leading
Dakota Wesleyan by just three points 31-28 at halftime,
Dakota State's Lady T's dominated DWU's Lady Tigers in the
second half to nail down a 69-52 non-conference women's
basketball win Tuesday at the DSU Fieldhouse The
Lady T's (2-1) gave up just 24 second-half points while
scoring 38 of their own to gain the win.
DSU's
defensive display pleased Coach Jeff Dittman.
"I'm starting to see our team gel on defense,"
said Dittman. "We are being very aggressive, yet
smart. We are attacking in opportune moments and realizing
when we have an advantage. Our defense is creating offense
for us. We are averaging 10 to 25 points a game in
fast-break opportunities."
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Angie Carr
18 points, 5 steals |
Laura Tewes
12 points, 10 rebounds |
DSU got double-figures scoring from Angie Carr, Laura Tewes
and Maria Gengler, who had 18, 12 and 10 points,
respectively. Carr, Tewes and Gengler combined for
17-for-38 field goal shooting as the Lady T's outgunned DWU
30-19 in field goals.
Amanda Zephier came through with
eight points for the winners, who also got six by Andrea
Gullickson, five from Jessica Van Loy and four by Renae
Bottum. Both teams had 24 turnovers in the ballgame.
In addition to their dominance in
shooting, the Lady T's also built a 20-rebound, 52-32
rebound cushion against DWU. "I also think we are
doing a great job on the boards," added Dittman.
"We were missing a lot of `first shots' but by grabbing
21 offensive rebounds, we were able to counter our poor
shooting at times.' Tewes and Van Loy each claimed 10
rebounds and Zephier had nine for the Lady T'. Gengler and
Gullickson each added eight.
DWU, which saw its mark dip to 1-5,
got double-digit scoring from Tacey Nielsen and Kara Overweg,
who garnered 12 and 11 points, respectively. Brooke
Scott, Katie Lewis and Jenny Bridge followed with 7-, 6- and
5-point contributions. Off the boards, DWU got 11
rebounds by Nielsen and seven more from Overweg.
``I really liked the intensity we
played with last night,'' concluded Dittman. "We made a
lot of mistakes, but they were mistakes of aggression, not
omission."
DSU will play in the Northwestern
Invitational at Orange City, Iowa, Friday and Saturday. The
Lady T's take on Waldorf College at 2 p.m. Friday, followed
by host-team Northwestern playing York (Neb.) College at 4
p.m. Saturday's third-place game is at 2 p.m. and the
championship at 4 p.m.
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