Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Schedule

Full Calendar

Events

Results

MSU Moorhead Athletics

Peyton Boom vs. Crookston
Avery Nelson
68
Winner Minn.-Crookston UMC 4-17,3-12 NSIC
60
MSU Moorhead MSUM 7-13,6-10 NSIC
Winner
Minn.-Crookston UMC
4-17,3-12 NSIC
68
Final
60
MSU Moorhead MSUM
7-13,6-10 NSIC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Minn.-Crookston UMC 20 21 12 15 68
MSU Moorhead MSUM 10 9 27 14 60

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Tom Berg

Dragon Women Rally Falls Short Against UMC 68-60; Boom Surpasses 1,000 Points in Contest

MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's basketball team cut a 24-point deficit to two in the fourth quarter, but the comeback came up short as the Dragons fell to Minnesota Crookston, 68-60 in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action Sunday at Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead.  Junior forward Peyton Boom surpassed 1,000 career points in the win.
 
MSUM fell to 7-13 overall and 6-10 in the NSIC while UMC, which has won three in a row, improved to 5-17 overall and 3-12 in the league.Peyton Boom 1,000 point graphic
 
Boom scored in the fourth quarter to surpass 1,000 career points, becoming the 26th Dragons player to surpass that milestone. She is now at 1,004 career points.
 
She led the Dragons with 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting in 18 minutes, and also led with three assists. Senior guard Nicole Herbranson and freshman guard Natalie Jens had eight points each. Jens led with three steals while senior guard Natalie Steichen had nine rebounds.
 
The Dragons were down 45-21 in the third quarter after trailing for much of the first half. But they responded with a 16-2 run, keyed by a two 3-pointers from Hebranson, and three-pointers from, Steichen, Jens and Boom, to cut the lead to 47-40 with 3:07 left in the third. The Dragons got as close as five in the quarter and entered the fourth quarter down only 53-46.
 
MSUM outscored Minnesota Crookston 27-12 in the third. Boom had seven points in the third while Herbranson had six and Steichen five.
 
The UMC lead shrunk to two (53-51) after a Shyanne Loiland three-pointer with 7:08 left. But MSUM was never able to tie or regain the lead as UMC scored the next six points.
 
Boom scored five in a row, including a three-point play, to cut the UMC lead to 59-56, but MSUM got no closer.  UMC hit eight straight foul shots to build a 67-57 lead in the final two minutes on its way to the eight-point victory.
 
The Dragon post players were mired in foul trouble for much of the first half, and only shot 25.8 percent (8-of-31) from the field.  UMC meanwhile shot 57.1 percent (16-of-28), led by Mary Burke's 11 points.
 
Thuringer had five points to pace the Dragons in the first half; she hit MSUM's only three-point shot in the first 20 minutes.
 
MSUM hosts UMary at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
 
Steve d'Eustachio Stat of the Game
 Today's loss ended the Dragon's eight-game win streak over the Golden Eagles. 
 
 
Print Friendly Version