Dakota State built big
leads and Dickinson State tore
them down.
Yet the Blue Hawks
couldn’t break through the
Trojans’ walls Friday night at
Scott Gymnasium.
Dakota
State withstood Dickinson
comebacks in both the first and
second half and held on for a
64-58 victory over the Blue
Hawks in Dakota Athletic
Conference women’s basketball at
Scott Gymnasium.
“We laid down for a
little while,” Dakota junior
Laura Tewes said. “We relaxed
and they took advantage. … We
just waited for good shots,
didn’t force things and tried to
keep it under control.”
Tewes led the Trojans
with 19 points and 10 rebounds –
six offensive – and was all over
the floor.
The 6-foot-1 forward led
Dakota’s outstanding zone
defense that kept Dickinson out
of the post, played smooth both
inside and outside on offense
and hit 9 of 11 free throws –
missing only her last two.
“I thought Laura was just
possessed tonight on the
boards,” Lady
T's coach Jeff Dittman
said. “That was key. … When we
finally got them stopped, it was
usually
by an offensive rebound
and a
put-back.”
The Trojans had a 39-28
advantage on the boards and had
17 offensive rebounds.
Dakota State got out to a
14-2 lead but DSU hit three
3-pointers in a span of 1
minute, 22 seconds midway
through the first half to tie it
16-16.
“We did a nice job when
we came back because we took
care of the basketball and got
defensive rebounds too,”
Dickinson coach Guy Fridley
said.
However, the
Lady T's
built a 35-26 lead by halftime
with their 3-point and
free-throw shooting.
They then went on an
eight-point run to start the
second half, building a 43-28
lead.
Although the
Lady T's
never trailed in the second half.
Dickinson shaved the lead
to 51-49 on LaDonna Downs’ free
throws with five minutes
remaining. Ashley
Bakich and Andrea Staley made
back-to-back 3-pointers which
closed the gap.
“We could come back, but
we just dug too big of a hole,”
Dickinson senior Dana Johnson
said.
Johnson was essential in
the Blue Hawks cutting the lead
in both halves.
She hit four 3-pointers
and finished with a team-high 16
points. Staley had 13 points and
cleaned up for Dickinson on fast
breaks. DSU had eight
3-pointers.
“The last two weeks we’ve
found a rhythm offensively where
we’re knocking down the outside
shots,” Fridley said.
Dickinson trailed 56-54
after Staley made a fast break
layup off her own steal.
But Dakota held the Blue
Hawks at bay, forced turnovers
and bad shots while Tewes scored
five of the Trojans’ final seven
points of the game to seal the
win.
The Blue Hawks finished
with 25 turnovers.
“We’ve got to find a
happy medium,” Fridley said.
“We’re great sometimes handling
the basketball and tonight we
were careless.”
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