Dakota State
University's Lady T's
raced to a 47-27
halftime edge over
Mayville State
University on Wednesday
in Madison. The Lady T's
went on to hand Mayville
an 87-64 defeat and, in
the process, claimed a
share of the Dakota
Athletic Conference
regular-season
championship.
"Again, we got off to a
great start," said DSU
Coach Jeff Dittman. DSU
and Black Hills State
both finished the season
with 11-3 loop marks,
making this is the third
tie for the title in the
eight-year-old DAC.
"Our seniors have now
won three consecutive
conference championships
in women's basketball,"
said Dittman. "This is a
rare accomplishment in
the conference." Only
former DAC member the
University of Mary
(Bismarck, N.D.) had
done it before.
Overall, the Lady T's
have now claimed four
women's loop
titles -- more than any
other member school. In
a tiebreaker, the Lady
T's became the
postseason tourney's No.
1 seed and will host No.
8 Valley City State on
Sunday at the DSU
Fieldhouse at 3 p.m.
The Lady T's split their
games against Black
Hills State. In the
second level of the
tiebreaking process, DSU
won both of its games
against Minot State, the
third-place team, while
BHSU split with Minot.
(Overall, the Lady T's
take a 19-9 overall mark
into postseason play.)
In Wednesday's game, DSU
was powered by the
scoring of starters
Laura Tewes and Jessica
VanLoy and reservist
Kaitlyn Kramer. Tewes
and VanLoy combined for
10-for-16 field goal
shooting on their way to
respective 14- and
10-point nights. Kramer,
went 6-11, bucketing 12
points. As a team, the
Lady T's shot almost 49
percent from the field,
going 34-70. They also
shot free throws at a
70-percent, 14-20 clip.
In outrebounding
Mayville 39-36, DSU was
sparked by Tewes with
nine rebounds, and
Tricia Boldt added
seven. VanLoy also had
seven steals as Mayville
turned the ball over 19
times, compared to DSU's
10 miscues.
"Our offense has been
executing very well, and
our defense has caused a
number of turnovers,"
said Dittman. "If we
continue this type of
intensity throughout the
next few weeks, we will
have a chance at doing
very well in the
postseason tournament."
Mayville (8-6 in the
conference and 14-11
overall) was led by
Laura Big Crow's
game-high 17 points.
Cassie Leraas and
Lindsay Saunes had 14
points apiece.
Danielle Guilbert had
eight rebounds, and
Leraas and Ashleigh
Tronen each had five.
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