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Dakota State University's 16th-ranked
Lady Trojans (2-2) and Rocky Mountain College both
played tough defense Saturday in the Minot (N.D.)
Women's Basketball Classic, but the Lady T's came home
with a 54-42 win. DSU
rebounded from an 80-62 loss on Friday to Carroll
College, which entered the Minot Classic as the NAIA's
No. 10-rated team.
Saturday, DSU and Rocky Mountain made less than 50 field
goal shots. DSU,
however, had a 6-2 edge in 3-point shooting and a 14-11
scoring advantage from the charity stripe to forge the
win. DSU went 18-49 from
the field. Rocky Mountain was limited to 16-48 field
goal shooting.
The Lady Trojans more than doubled up the scoring of RMC
in the first half, taking a 33-16 halftime lead into
their dressing room.
"We did a good job in the first half in all three phases
of the game," said DSU Coach Jeff Dittman. "We held
Rocky Mountain to only 16 points, gave up only two
offensive rebounds and hit 46 percent of our shots."
Rocky Mountain tried coming back on the Lady T's,
outscoring DSU
26-21 in the second half, but losing the ballgame by 12
points.
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"In the second half, Rocky Mountain picked up
their intensity and we didn't match it," added
Dittman. "They closed the game to within eight
points before we were able to put the game
away."
DSU got 11 points and seven rebounds from
6-foot-2 junior center Sara Nelson, who went 5-7
in field goal shooting.
Jessica VanLoy and Laura Tewes also had
nine points each.
Tewes had 11 rebounds to help DSU to a
decided 41-24 edge over Rocky Mountain.
Nelson and VanLoy each had two steals as
the Lady T's forced 22 RMC turnovers.
Rocky Mountain got 13 game-high points from
Josie Evans and 12 from Stephanie Neubauer.
Evans had five rebounds and Neubauer and Alyssa
Brown each had four.
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Sara Nelson
11 points
5-7 from the field |
Carroll 80, DSU 62
Carroll built up a 42-29 halftime edge Friday and never
let the Lady T's get any closer.
Carroll outgunned DSU 29-21 in field goals,
including a decided 9-1 edge in 3-point successes, and
outscored DSU 19-13 at the free throw line.
"They shot the ball extremely well from beyond the
3-point line in the first half," said Dittman. "We
started matching basket for basket the first 10 minutes
of the game before they went on a 14-0 scoring run to
open up the game at 30-16."
Carroll was led by Emily Woody and Jolene Fuzesy, who
had 15-point outings. Carly Severson added 13 points and
Danielle Maloney 10. Amy
Brooks had eight of Carroll's 40 rebounds.
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DSU got double-figures scoring from Tewes,
VanLoy and Angie Carr, who had respective 17-,
14- and 10-point performances.
VanLoy completed a double-double night,
hauling in 13 of the Lady T's 44 rebounds. Tewes
also had nine rebounds.
Maria Gengler also added two blocked
shots for DSU.
"Overall, we played a pretty good game. I was
pleased with the way we started the game and the
way we kept battling," said Dittman. "We did an
excellent job on the offensive boards, pulling
down 19 offensive rebounds, but we gave up way
too many second-chance points to Carroll."
The Lady T's have
a three-game slate
next week, starting with a match-up of "Top
Twenty" teams on Tuesday.
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Sara Nelson
11 points
5-7 from the field |
Dakota State
will host Northwestern College, currently ranked
No. 17 in the NAIA, with varsity play beginning at 7:30
p.m. in the Fieldhouse.
On Friday and Saturday, the Lady T's play in the women's
portion of the Presentation-Super 8 Classic at Aberdeen.
The Lady T's take on the University of Minnesota-Morris
at 2 p.m. Friday and then play host-school Presentation
College Saturday at 4 p.m.
Assessing the play of the Lady T's
after the first four games of the season, Coach Dittman
had this to say: "We have to get our
offense going. We are turning the ball over too much and
not shooting a good enough field goal percentage.
Defensively, we have to
be more consistent. We have periods in which we
thoroughly dominate a team, but then we relax and let
them come back on us. Our
rebounding has been excellent to date and we'll have to
keep that up if we want to compete with the quality
teams we have on our schedule."
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