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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. The 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 battled Mary pretty well throughout the game," said
Lady T's Coach Jeff Dittman. "Until the last five
minutes, 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 foul
problems. We just killed ourselves at the
freethrow line tonight, shooting only 28 percent."
Mary
(25-2 overall) led the Lady 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.
Jamestown 75, DSU 55
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 matched 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 from Jill Hansen, who netted
12 points, and Angie Carr, who had 10. Fawbush and
Laura Tewes each had eight points, Stacy Dunklau six and
Nelson five. Dunklau and Maria Gengler also had
five rebounds apiece.
"Stacy
did an excellent job at the post all night," added
Dittman. "Jill and Ashlei also had very good games
on the perimeter. Unfortunately, we couldn't
generate consistent offense throughout the game, and
that ended up being our downfall. We had two
scoring droughts of five or more minutes, and during
that time, Jamestown put together a steady, solid run."
Erin
Carl, Lindsey Ness and Nicole Nold each had 12 points
for the winners, while Brietta Bowerman had 11 as the
Jimmies outgunned the Lady T's 27-23 in field goals.
Ness also had seven rebounds as the Jimmies outrebounded
DSU 26-24.
The
Lady T's take a .500, 8-8 conference mark into play this
weekend at home against Dickinson and Minot State
Universities.
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