Sunday Big Island Classic Hilo, Hawaii William Carey 63 VCSU 54<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n HILO, HAWAII (VCSU<\/a>) \u2013 The Valley City State women’s basketball team fell to William Carey University Sunday at the Big Island Classic hosted by the University of Hawaii at Hilo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Crusaders held a narrow lead most of the way, but VCSU took an 11-5 run to tie the game 27-27 at halftime. The Vikings held a 36-35 advantage on an Allie Negen<\/a> basket in the third quarter, but William Carey pulled off an 8-2 run to finish the period and build a 43-38 advantage. The Crusaders held on down the stretch to defeat VCSU 63-54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VCSU is now 8-4 overall while William Carey improves to 10-3 on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ashlyn Diemert<\/a> led scoring for VCSU with 10 points and Hailey Roberts<\/a> chipped in nine, while Taryn Dieterle<\/a> and JayCee Richter<\/a> each scored seven. Diemert, Dieterle and Allie Critchley<\/a> each grabbed six rebounds, helping the Vikings to a 49-44 rebounding advantage in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VCSU shot 32 percent on field goals Sunday (20-63), 21 percent on 3-pointers (6-29) and 73 percent on free throws (8-11). William Carey shot 34 percent from the field (23-68), 13 percent on 3’s (2-15) and 60 percent from the free throw line (15-25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Crusaders tallied 13 assists while turning the ball over just nine times. VCSU totaled 11 assists and turned the ball over 21 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n William Carey had three players score in double figures led by Lauren Rowley with 24 points while McKinley Seal totaled 10 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n