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UMC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GET CONFERENCE ROAD WIN OVER WAYNE STATE 63-57

The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle Women’s Basketball team won their third game in a row with a 63-57 win over the Wayne State Wildcats. 

FIRST QUARTER –
The Golden Eagles would get off to a good start as Janie Tormanen (Soph Menagha, MN) would get the game’s first bucket while Nicole Hernandez (R-Jr. Oak Creek, WI) added two free throws to give UMC an early 4-0 lead. Wayne State would respond with an 11-4 run to take the lead at 11-8. UMC closed the first quarter with a 7-2 run as Tormanen would get a lay-up, and Hope Dudycha (R-Fresh Austin, MN) drained a three and two free throws to give UMC a 15-13 lead after the first.

SECOND QUARTER –
The two sides would trade baskets to open up the second quarter as Rayna Klejeski (Fresh Barnum, MN) and Dudycha each got a lay-up to make it 19-17, UMC. UMC’s next five points would come from the free throw stripe as Dudycha, Klejeski, and Emma Miller (Soph Albertville, MN) gave UMC a 24-21 lead. The Wildcats would tie the game with a three, but Miller would respond with a short jumper right before the end of the half to give UMC a halftime lead of 26-24. 

THIRD QUARTER –
Wayne State would tie the game up at 26 early in the quarter before Tormanen and Riley Jenkins (R-Fresh Galesburg, IL) each got baskets to give the Golden Eagles a 30-26 lead. Klejeski and Miller would get two more baskets later in the quarter to give UMC a 38-34 lead. Wayne State answered with a free throw and a three to tie the game at 38 apiece. Natalie Mikrot (Soph Willow River, MN) and Miller hit threes to give UMC a 44-40 lead late in the third. Wayne State would knock down a three to make it a one-point game. Dudycha added a late free throw with 25 seconds left in the quarter to give UMC a 45-43 lead after the third.

FOURTH QUARTER –
In the fourth, Hernandez started by drawing contact on her lay-up and hit the free throw to complete the three-point play. Wayne State hit a lay-up before Hernandez knocked down a three to give UMC a 51-45 lead. The Wildcats would get a three of their own, but Miller would counter with another three to give UMC a 54-48 lead with eight minutes left. Dudycha would get a lay-up, and Wayne State would get a jumper to fall to make it 56-54 with just under six minutes left. The two sides wouldn’t score until under a minute to go when the Wildcats hit a free throw to cut the UMC lead to one. Miller would hit her second three of the quarter to give UMC a 59-55 lead with 35 seconds left. Wayne State would get a lay-up with 15 seconds left to make it 59-57, with UMC still in the lead. The Wildcats fouled Hernandez, and she hit both free throws to give UMC a 61-57 lead with 11 seconds left. Jenkins would hit two more free throws with two seconds to go as UMC would hold on for a 63-57 win.

UMC improves to 8-5 on the season and will travel to Augustana tomorrow. Wayne State is now 4-7 on the season and will host MSU Moorhead tomorrow.  

  1st  2nd 3rd  4th Final
Minnesota Crookston 15 11 19 18 63
Wayne State 13 11 19 14 57

 

For UMC Points Rebounds Assists/Steals
Emma Miller 18 6 1
Hope Dudycha 12 2 5/1
Nicole Hernandez 12 12 3/1
Janie Tormanen 8 3 2
Rayna Klejeski 6 8 0/1
Riley Jenkins 4 11 0/0
Natalie Mikrot

Lily Orazem

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