Lady T's Win At Home Against #17 Minot State; Remain Tied with Mayville for DAC Lead

By Dan Holsworth
Madison Daily Leader


     Dakota State University's Lady T's won two important Dakota Athletic Conference women's basketball games this weekend, defeating Minot State, 66-58, and Dickinson State, 87-64, at the DSU Fieldhouse.  The two victories lifted the Lady T's to 7-2 and keeps them in a tie with Mayville State at the top of the conference standings. DSU is also 14-8 overall.

     On Friday, Minot State carried its No. 17 NAIA Women's Div. II ranking into play against the Lady T's.  DSU staged a late first-half 13-3 scoring run to knot the game at 34-all at halftime, then outscored the Lady Beavers 32-24 in the second half

     Jill Hansen, Laura Tewes and Angela Carr helped the Lady T's with double-figure scoring. Hansen weaved her way through Minot defenders for 12 points. Tewes was right behind with 11 points and Carr added 10 points.

    The Lady T's shot 24-for-53 from the field, good enough for 46-percent figures, outgunning Minot, which went 22-49.  Jessica VanLoy added nine points, Sara Nelson eight and Nicole Geraets and Angie Gottsleben each had six for DSU.

     Off the boards, DSU had a 33-25 edge over the Lady Beavers. VanLoy hauled in nine rebounds, Maria Gengler five and Tewes and Nelson each had four.  VanLoy also had five steals and Hansen had four. Carr had four assists.

     For Minot, Arrita Oler had 13 points and Brittni Walker and Kendra Meyer each had 10.  Jenny Castro had a team-leading six rebounds and Oler added four.

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