Box Score MOORHEAD, Minn. - The first three game win streak of the season for the Minnesota State University Moorhead women's basketball team comes in the form of a 77-53 road win against Minnesota, Crookston. The Dragons (9-9, 6-8 NSIC) revenged an early season home loss by defeating the Golden Eagles (8-10, 5-9 NSIC) in Lysaker Gym.
Kaycee Charette stroke first in the game by pulling down a
Taylor Shepard miss and laying it back in. Following another Charette score, Crookston was able to grab their biggest lead at 8-4.
Megan Strese, scoring 17 points in the first half, started a 9-0 run from the Dragons. Back-and-forth scoring ensued until
Angie Jetvig converted a defensive rebound into two points, putting the Dragons up 28-17 with just under 10 minutes to play in the first. With the score in the paint, Jetvig moved past Kristin Engledorf for fifth place all-time in Dragons scoring.
The duo of Strese and
Brittany Mayclin outscored the Golden Eagles team over the final five minutes of first half action. Strese, scoring 10 points, and Mayclin, scoring 5, outscored the Golden Eagles by 2 and gave the Dragons a 44-33 lead into halftime. The momentum from the Dragons would carry through into second half play.
Despite the below par play from the home team, Carly Rothstein came out of the locker rooms and hit a 3-pointer to bring the Golden Eagles to within 10 points of the Dragons. Not liking the look on the floor, head coach
Karla Nelson called a timeout to regroup. Charette heeded coach Nelson's call and put down two consecutive 3-pointers to give the Dragons their third scorer in double figures. Good defense from the Dragons held the Golden Eagles scoreless for nearly eight minutes, enough time to build a 59-39 lead with 12 minutes to go in the game.
Marisa Yernatich, taking an assist from
Morgan Zabel, sank her first 3-pointer of the game with over seven minutes in regulation. The 3-ball gave the Dragons their biggest lead on the day, 67-41. The Dragons held the lead to over 20 points the rest of the way and finished strong with a final score of 77-53.
MSUM finished the game 29-for-62, 46.8%, from the field, 9-for-15, 60.0%, from three, and 10-for-15, 66.7%, from the free throw line. Three Dragons scored in double figures, led by
Megan Strese (19),
Angie Jetvig (17) and
Kaycee Charette (16). Strese recorded her third double-double of the season with 11 rebounds.
Minnesota, Crookston shot 17-for-57, 29.8%, from the field, 5-for-15, 33.3%, from three, and 14-for-24, 58.3%, from the free throw line. The Golden Eagles were led in scoring by Brittani Wiese (18) and Lauren Kessler (9).
The Dragons, coming off their first three-game win streak of the season, return home on Feb. 3 to get back into a two-game NSIC weekend. MSUM will take on Northern State, Friday, and the University of Mary, Saturday, in Alex Nemzek Fieldhouse.
Steve d'Eustachio's Stat of the Game: With today's win, the Dragon women have now won eight games in a row in Crookston, Minn. The last loss came on Jan. 6, 2004, 69-56.
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