Chelsa Baxa grabbed a
rebound, put it back up and scored
for the University of Sioux Falls
with less than a second left in
regulation to tie Dakota State
University's seventh-ranked Lady T's
70-70, sending Thursday's women's
basketball game at the DSU Memorial
Fieldhouse into overtime.
Unranked USF went on to
outscore the Lady T's 17-11 in the
extra period to pack in an 87-81
win, leaving the Fieldhouse with a
5-8 record. The Lady T's are now
8-5.
"We
got out-shot us, out-rebounded us
and out-executed us, " said Lady T's
Coach Jeff Dittman. "And, in
the end, they just wanted it more
than we did."
The Lady T's got double-figures scoring from
five players, led by Maria Gengler,
who had 14 points. Jessica VanLoy
added 12 points, Nicole Geraets and
Jill Hansen each had 11 and Angela
Carr 10 as the Lady T's shot their
field goals at a 32-75, 43-percent
clip.
USF's Lady
Cougars were paced by Jade
Jorgenson's game-high 24 points.
Jorgenson was 7-10 from the field,
but she was a perfect 3-3 from
beyond the 3-point arc.
It was
Jorgenson's in-the-paint field goal
as time ran out which knotted the
contest
37-37 at the half. Jorgenson's
3-pointer with 3:24 left in overtime
also put USF up for good at 75-74.
The Lady
Cougars outgunned the Lady T's 7-3
in made 3-pointers to help gain the
win. In addition to Jorgenson's 24
points, USF got 18 points from
Morgan Campbell and 11 apiece from
Jenna Kraayenbrink and Kristin
McMahon.
The Lady
Cougars were almost perfect from the
charity stripe, going 14-15. USF had
a 45-41 rebound edge over the Lady
T's with Jorgenson claiming eight
rebounds and Kraayenbrink seven.
Kraayenbrink also had six assists.
DSU got
eight rebounds by Gengler and Laura
Tewes and VanLoy each had seven.
Gengler also had three blocked
shots.
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