The Lady T's
79-69 win over Dickinson State, coupled with a 69-63
loss to Minot State Saturday at the DSU Fieldhouse, is
sending Dakota State University to Minot, N.D.,
Wednesday in first-round postseason play. The Lady
T's split made them the sixth seed in postseason play
with a 9-9 record in the DAC-10. DSU finished the
regular season at
16-12. Minot State (10-8 and 17-11) is the
league's third seed.
Lady T's 79, Dickinson
69
DSU, which
arched in 30 field goals and nine charity-stripe points,
was led by the double-figure scoring of Renae Bottum,
Jill Hansen, Laura Tewes and Sara Nelson. Bottum
put in 19 points and Hansen added 17. Tewes and
Nelson each scored 10 points.
Tewes
also had nine of the Lady T's 38 rebounds, and Hansen
swiped the boards for six rebounds. Angie Carr
added nine assists in the game, while Tewes and Nelson
each had three steals.
DSU
led 38-34 at halftime.
Dickinson got 26 points from Sara Bergland, 10 rebounds
by Ohoh Odiye and 11 assists from Jessica Campbell.
April Tormeschy added 15 points and Sara Long had 10.
Minot 69, Lady T's 63
Minot earned
its win with the scoring of Jennifer Sundahl, Kendra
Meyer and Rashawna Mays. Sundahl pumped in 23
points, Meyer added 15 and Mays 10 as the victors went
24-46 from the field and 16-19 at the charity stripe.
DSU
got 14 points from Bottum and 12 more from Amber Malvin
as the Lady T's went 26-61 from the field, but just 5-14
from the freethrow line. Bottum and Malvin each
had three assists in the game while Tewes had six of the
Lady T's 31 rebounds.
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