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Dakota State University slipped into a fourth-place tie
in DAC-10 women's basketball play this past weekend in
North Dakota. Teh lady T's lost 73-55 to Jamestown
College Friday and 78-56 Saturday to the University of
Mary in Bismarck.
Overall, DSU is 15-11. The Lady T's are tied with
Minot State and Black Hills State in the conference
standings, while nationally-ranked Mary, at 25-2
overall, tops the league at 16-1, followed by S.D. Tech
at 10-6 and Jamestown 10-7.
#4 U. of Mary 78, DSU 56
Mary essentially put away the Lady T's at the charity
stripe, outscoring DSU 29-5 from the freethrow line.
"We battle Mary pretty well throughout the game," said
Lady T's Coach Jeff Dittman. "Until the last five
mintues, this was a single-digit game, but fatigue
became a bit of a factor down the stretch for us as we
were forced to play some people long minutes due to
fould problems. We just killed ourselves at the
freethrow line tonight, shooting only 28 percent."
Mary
(25-2 overall) led the Ldy T's by just eight points,
39-31, at halftime.
Andrea
Ronderos collected a game-high 18 points for the Lady
Marauders, followed by 17-point games by Jessica Zundel
and Natalie Brunner and 12 from Kara McGuinness.
Zundel completed a double-double with 12 rebounds.
DSU
got 13 points from Sara Nelson and 10-point displays by
Ashlei Fawbush and Amanda Zephier. The Lady T's
had four more field goals, 25-21, than Mary, but the
Marauders had a 7-1 edge in converting 3's.
Zephier also had seven rebounds, Stacy Dunklau and
Nelson each had six, and Sandy Smith added five.
#4 U. of Mary 78, DSU 56
Jamestown surged to a 40-22 first half-ending lead,
which helped keep the Jimmies ahead in the second half
even though the Lady T's matching Jamestown point for
point.
"We
had some good individual performances in this game, but
we didn't play well as a team," cited Dittman. DSU
got double-figure scoring
"We just didn't generate enough offense to win a game
like this," said Dittman after losing to Mary, who
entered Friday's play as the NAIA's third-ranked
women's team at 17-1 overall and 8-0 in the league."
"If we
are going to have a shot at beating one of the best
teams in the country, you have to be able to execute and
finish shots - and we didn't," added Dittman. "We
had some excellent individual performances, but we
couldn't sustain our runs long enough to get the lead."
Freshmen Jessica VanLoy and Angie Carr each had 14
points, while Amanda Zephier added 11. Dunklau had
nine of the Lady T's 40 rebounds, while Zephier added
six.
Mary
led 33-25 at halftime and had a 36-30 second-half
scoring edge over DSU. "Defensively, we did a
decent job," cited Dittman. "Mary is averaging 85
points a night and almost 50-perent field goal shooting,
and we held them to 69 points and 45 percent shooting
(25-59). So, most of the blame for the loss has to
fall on our offense."
Mary
got 22 points and 10 rebounds by Natalie Brunner.
Nicole Meier added 16 tallies and Andrea Ronderos had
14. Jessica Zundel and Brunner each had 10
rebounds as Mary claimed 42 boards for the night.
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