{"id":188234,"date":"2019-12-29T20:22:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T02:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=188234"},"modified":"2019-12-29T20:22:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T02:22:18","slug":"briar-cliff-downs-viking-women-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=188234","title":{"rendered":"Briar Cliff Downs Viking Women, Sun."},"content":{"rendered":"
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SIOUX CITY, IOWA\u00a0 (VCSU<\/a>)\u2013 Valley City State dropped their final game at the Holiday Classic Sunday as Briar Cliff outscored the Vikings 76-60.<\/p>\n

Mackenzie Huber<\/a> led the way with a double-double Sunday, tallying 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Vikings. Freshman Taryn Dieterle<\/a> added 17 points for Valley City State after going 5-for-5 from the field and 7-for-10 at the free throw line.<\/p>\n

Valley City State shot 37 percent from the field (21-57), 7 percent on 3’s (1-14), and 74 percent on free throws (17-23). Briar Cliff shot 41 percent from the field (26-64), 45 percent on 3’s (14-31), and 77 percent on free throws (10-13).<\/p>\n

Briar Cliff tallied 16 steals in the game to the Vikings’ six. The Vikings out-rebounded the Chargers 44-31 and picked up six blocks Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Vikings had a slow start as Briar Cliff led by as much as 10 points in the first quarter with 5:31 on the clock. The Vikings began to heat up as they scored the next seven points, cutting the Charger lead to three with 1:14 left in the first quarter.\"\"<\/p>\n

The Vikings kept their momentum into the second quarter as they picked up their first lead of the game on a Dieterle free throw with 4:47 on the clock. From there, the Vikings would only allow one Charger basket to hold onto a 26-24 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

The Chargers commanded the floor coming out of the locker room, scoring 29 points in the third quarter. With 3:26 left on the clock in the third, a Dieterle basket gave Valley City State the drive to score six straight points to get within three points of the Chargers. Briar Cliff picked up a 3 pointer at the buzzer to regain a double figure lead at the end of the third quarter, 53-43.<\/p>\n

With the Vikings looking to come back in the fourth quarter, they would get as close as six points on a basket from Allie Critchley<\/a> with 7:09 to go. That would be as close as they could get though as Valley City State fell to Briar Cliff 76-60.<\/p>\n

The Chargers were led by Konnor Sudmann with 24 points and four assists, including five 3’s. Alyssa Carley added 22 points and Payton Slaughter tallied 16 for Briar Cliff.<\/p>\n

Valley City State falls to 3-6 overall while Briar Cliff improves to 4-11 this season.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT: Valley City State continues their stretch on the road as they face Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 3 p.m. They then travel to University of Jamestown to take on the Jimmies on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Vikings will return home to resume conference play on Friday, Jan. 10, against Dakota State University at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 11, against Bellevue University at 3 p.m. Both games are scheduled to be doubleheaders with men’s games to follow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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