{"id":297708,"date":"2026-01-12T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=297708"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:56:13","slug":"vikings-fall-short-against-24-carroll-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=297708","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Fall Short Against #24 Carroll College"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Helena MT – Carroll College used a 14-5 in the third and fourth quarters to open up a seven-point lead, then held off a late rally by Valley City State for a 68-59 win over the Vikings in Frontier Conference Women’s Basketball Saturday night in Helena, Montana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vikings are 5-10 overall and 2-9 in the Frontier Conference. Carroll College is 10-6 overall and 8-2 in the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vikings got off to another good start, taking a seven-point lead midway through the first quarter. A three-pointer by Abby Aslesen<\/a><\/dfn> gave Valley City State a 9-2 lead with 5:13 to go in the first quarter. The Saints would get that lead down to four by the end of the quarter with a 6-3 run. A basket inside by Gracie Millimen would make it 12-8 Vikings. Alesen would score seven points in the first quarter as the Vikings led 12-8 after the first ten minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second quarter, the Vikings opened an eleven-point lead thanks to a 10-3 run to start the quarter. A jump shot by Alesen made it 19-8 Valley City State. Then Olivia Backus<\/a><\/dfn> knocked down a three-pointer from the corner to cap the run, making it 22-11 Vikings with 7:25 to go in the first half. The Saints then made their run to get back into the game. A 15-0 run by Carroll College over the next six minutes made it 26-22 Carroll with 1:16 left in the second quarter. The Vikings would score four of the last six points of the quarter to cut the lead to two. Two free throws by Tilda Mauritzson<\/a><\/dfn> made it 28-26 with 15 seconds to go in the half and that was the score at the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game of runs continued in the third quarter. The Vikings started the second half on a 5-0 run to take the lead back. A three-point play by JayCee Richter<\/a><\/dfn> capped the run and gave Valley City State a 29-28n lead with 8:57. Then the Saints went on a 7-1 run to regain the lead. A layup by Jillian Kanduch gave Carroll College the lead 33-31 with 6:38 to go in the quarter. In the final 5:18 of the third quarter, there were three ties and two lead changes. A long three-pointer by the Vikings Braaten tied the game at 35-35. Aslesen would score inside to give the Vikings the lead back at 37-35. A three-pointer by Carroll’s Willa Albrecht made it 40-37 Saints. The final tie of the quarter came after Braaten hit another long three-pointer to make it 42-42 with 1:21 to go in the quarter. The Saints would end the quarter on a 5-0 run to lead 47-42 after three quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saints had an early seven-point lead in the fourth quarter, but the Vikings would come back and cut the lead to one. An 8-2 run by the Vikings over a span of 3:42 seconds would get them within one possession. A basket by Richter made it 58-57 Carroll with 3:24 remaining in the fourth quarter. But the Saints sealed the game by going eight for eight at the free throw line in the final minute to pick up a 68-59 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abby Aslesen<\/a><\/dfn> led the Vikings with 20 points and eight rebounds. JayCee Richter<\/a><\/dfn> ha eleven points and six boards. Ellie Braaten<\/a><\/dfn> had nine points, four rebounds, and four assists and Madison Spacher<\/a><\/dfn> chipped in seven points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up next: <\/strong>The Vikings return home to face Bismarck State College on Friday, January 16th<\/sup> at the Bubble. Gametime is set for 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Helena MT – Carroll College used a 14-5 in the third and fourth quarters to open up a seven-point lead, then held off a late rally by Valley City State for a 68-59 win over the Vikings in Frontier Conference Women’s Basketball Saturday night in Helena, Montana. The Vikings are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":297709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297708","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297710,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297708\/revisions\/297710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/297709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}