Crookston, MN\u00a0 (VCSU)\u00a0 \u2013 The University of Minnesota-Crookston pulled away in the fourth quarter Tuesday night as the Valley City State women’s basketball team fell in a road contest, 79-64.<\/p>\n
The Vikings led most of the first half and were tied 34-34 at halftime with Crookston, an NCAA Division II school. With Crookston leading 51-49 late in the third quarter, the Golden Eagles took control of the game with a 15-2 run that put them up 66-51 early in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
A quick 7-0 run by the Vikings cut the deficit to 66-58, but VCSU could get no closer down the stretch.<\/p>\n
Valley City State drops to 2-4 overall. Minnesota-Crookston improves to 3-0.<\/p>\n
Back-to-back jumpers by freshman Alexis Bentz<\/a> capped a 13-2 Viking run in the first quarter and built VCSU’s\u00a0biggest lead of the game at 20-12. Crookston would rally to tie the game at 25-25 midway through the second quarter, and the teams played to a 34-34 halftime tie.<\/p>\n Four Vikings scored in double figures led by 20 points from senior guard Kate Williams<\/a>. She scored 13 of her points in the first half and knocked down four 3-pointers in the game. Mackenzie Huber<\/a> posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Hannah Schlecht<\/a> had 11 points and six rebounds, and Alli Vandal<\/a> finished with 10 points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n The Vikings shot 40 percent overall (25-62), 29 percent on 3’s (5-17) and 69 percent at the line (9-13). Crookston finished at 44 percent from the field (30-68), 30 percent on 3’s (6-20) and 81 percent on free throws (13-16).<\/p>\n The Golden Eagles held a slight 41-37 rebounding advantage. The Vikings had 14 turnovers, 11 assists, six steals and four blocks. Crookston finished with just nine turnovers, 11 assists, six steals and two blocks.<\/p>\n Caitlin Michaelis scored 19 points to lead four Golden Eagles in double figures.<\/p>\n Up next:<\/strong> Valley City State is back on the road Thursday night for a 7 p.m. game at Concordia College-Moorhead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Tuesday night… Crookston, MN\u00a0 (VCSU)\u00a0 \u2013 The University of Minnesota-Crookston pulled away in the fourth quarter Tuesday night as the Valley City State women’s basketball team fell in a road contest, 79-64. The Vikings led most of the first half and were tied 34-34 at halftime with Crookston, an NCAA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157749"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157817,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157749\/revisions\/157817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Stats Overview<\/h4>\n
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\n \nFinal – Women’s Basketball<\/th>\n 1<\/th>\n 2<\/th>\n 3<\/th>\n 4<\/th>\n F<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Valley City State 2-4<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n 14<\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n 13<\/td>\n 64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Minnesota Crookston 3-0<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 24<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n 79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Nov. 13, 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Crookston, Minn. (Lysaker Gymnasium)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Attendance: 671<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n \nValley City State<\/th>\n Indv. Leaders<\/th>\n Minnesota Crookston<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n #25 Williams, Kate – 20<\/td>\n Points<\/td>\n #03 Michaelis, Caitlin – 19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n #32 Huber, Mackenzie – 10<\/td>\n Rebounds<\/td>\n #15 Odor, Isieoma – 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n #30 Diegel, Dierra – 4<\/td>\n Assists<\/td>\n 2 Players (#03,#05) – 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n \nValley City State<\/th>\n Team Statistics<\/th>\n Minnesota Crookston<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n 40.3% (25 – 62)<\/td>\n Field Goals %<\/td>\n 44.1% (30 – 68)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 29.4% (5 – 17)<\/td>\n 3 Point Field Goals %<\/td>\n 30% (6 – 20)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 69.2% (9 – 13)<\/td>\n Free Throws<\/td>\n 81.3% (13 – 16)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 37<\/td>\n Rebounds<\/td>\n 41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11<\/td>\n Assists<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14<\/td>\n Turnovers<\/td>\n 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n 2nd Chance Pts<\/td>\n 17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n