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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: North Dakota outlasts Northern Illinois 102-99 in WBI event
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Two seasons in the past, UND gained two girls’s basketball video games throughout a pandemic-ravaged season.
On Sunday, the Hawks have an opportunity to hit the 20-win mark for the season.
In a wild, back-and-forth sport, UND outlasted Northern Illinois 102-99 in extra time Saturday throughout the Ladies’s Basketball Invitational – a win that improved the Hawks to 19-12 on the season.
UND can hit the 20-win mark in opposition to Florida Worldwide on Sunday afternoon within the fifth-place sport within the eight-team, three-day match.
Kacie Borowicz led UND with 35 factors as she was one in every of 4 Hawks in double figures. Claire Orth added 19, Juliet Gordon 16 and Jolene Daninger 11 as UND trailed late however managed to pressure extra time within the closing minutes of regulation.
In extra time, the Hawks scored 17 factors.
Protection was UND’s focus coming into the match however in two video games the Hawks allowed 96 and 99 factors, however are 1-1.
“I’m telling you, we talked about protection earlier than the sport,” UND coach Mallory Bernhard informed the Combating Hawks Radio Community after the sport. “We had 4 keys to the sport: protection, protection, protection protection.
“I’d have beloved to see extra protection however I inform you this, they’re a very good staff. However our effort, depth, communication and simply the need and need on protection was 10 instances higher than it was yesterday.”
The Hawks shot 49 % from the sector and 47 (9 of 19) from the three-point stripe. And UND outrebounded NIU – a MAC staff – 36-23.
The Huskies, who obtained 18 factors every from Chelby Koker and Grace Hunter, dropped to 16-15.
When UND accepted the possibility to play within the WBI, now in its thirteenth season, the Hawks wished to realize postseason expertise and develop extra depth.
“The explanation we’re right here at this match is that we wished this system to maneuver ahead,” stated Bernhard. “We wished to learn to be a playoff staff. We wished to learn to get playoff wins. This can be a playoff proper right here. There’s a bracket over there staring us within the face and we need to be staff slapping our title on that factor.”
UND 102, Northern Illinois 99, OT
Halftime: UND 38, NIU 37
Regulation: UND 85, NIU 85
UND – Jolene Daninger 3-5 3-3 11, Claire Orth 7-14, 4-4 19, Kacie Borowicz 12-19 Sept. 11 35, Sammiyah Hoskin 4-10 0-0 8, Juliet Gordon 6-13 3-4 16, Deja Davis 2-5 2-2 8, Maggie Manson 0-3 0-0 0, Rakiyah Beal 1-2 0-0 2, Nakiyah Hurst 1-2 0-0 3, Miranda Vanderwal 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-73, 21-24 102
Northern Illinois – Sidney McCrea 1-4 0-0 2, Jayden Marable 3-5-0-0 8, Chelby Koker 7-16 2-2 18, Grace Hunter 6-8 4-5 18, Tara Stauffacher 3-10 4-4 11, Laura Nickel 5-6 0-0 11, Kortney Drake 0-1 0-0 0, Janae Poisson 1-8 0-0 3, A’Jah Davis 6-9 4-5 16, Emily Meinert 1-3 0-0 2, Moriah Prewitt 0-0 0-0 0, Brooke Stonebraker 4-4 2-2 10. Totals 37-74 14-15 99
Three-pointers – UND 9-19 (Daninger 2-2, Orth 1-2, Borowicz 2-2, Gordon 1-4, Davis 2-3, Manson 0-3, Beal 0-1, Hurst 1-2), NIU 11-30 (McCrea 0-2, Koker 2-8, Hunter 4-5, Stauffacher 1-4, Nickel 1-1, Marable 2-3, Drake 0-1, Poisson 1-6); Rebounds – UND 36 (Gordon 8), NIU 26 (Davis 8); Assists – UND: 14 (Borowicz 6), NIU 18 (Nickel 5)