Dordt pulls away from DWU ladies, strikes on to GPAC championship recreation – Mitchell Republic

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SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — The Dakota Wesleyan ladies’s basketball group gave No. 2-ranked Dordt all it may deal with with a ticket to the championship recreation on the road.
Nevertheless, the Defenders have been in a position to defend their dwelling court docket in the long run.
Spurred by a late fourth-quarter run, top-seeded Dordt held on to a 69-59 victory over the fifth-seeded Tigers within the Nice Plains Athletic Convention match semifinals on Saturday afternoon. The win additionally completes a collection sweep of DWU, having beforehand taken the Jan. 17 contest at dwelling and the Feb. 21 matchup on the Corn Palace.
The opening levels of the sport noticed the Defenders race out to an 11-point lead on Karly Gustafson’s layup previous the midway level of the primary quarter. Gustafson completed with 12 factors within the first 10 minutes, in the end ending with 16 for the sport, including seven rebounds, a steal, and a block.
Trailing by 9 factors on the finish of the primary, DWU chipped away on the early deficit, as Rylee Rosenquist picked up a pair of fast layups on a 9-2 scoring run with 4:38 remaining within the first half. Morgan Edelman introduced the lead down to 2 on a triple off the help from Rosenquist.
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Out of the break, Edelman took management within the third quarter, as her 3-pointer a minute in tied the sport at 35. Emma Yost’s leap shot put the Tigers forward by three on the finish of the quarter.
Within the fourth quarter, each groups traded the lead with Edelman sustaining the benefit hitting a 3-pointer with 7:25 remaining within the recreation. She completed with a game-best 18 factors, going 4-of-7 from behind the arc. Shalayne Nagel additionally drained a nook triple off a steal from Mya Wilson, as DWU scored 20 factors off 17 Dordt turnovers.
Following Nagel’s 3-pointer with 4:28 left within the recreation, Dordt went on a late 11-0 scoring run to retake the lead for good. Eliana Kuperus scored 5 of her 9 factors off the bench in that stretch, and Macy Sievers’ free throw with below 90 seconds remaining gave the Defenders a double-digit lead.
Sievers scored 14 factors, additionally tallying eight rebounds and 6 assists. Janie Schoonhoven completed with 13 factors, selecting up a pair of blocks, and Dordt additionally had 9 factors, 4 rebounds, and a pair of steals from Bailey Beckman.
DWU’s Mya Wilson collected 11 factors on 3-of-4 taking pictures, and Nagel completed with 10. Rosenquist grabbed a game-high 9 rebounds, whereas additionally tallying 4 assists and 5 factors.
DWU will now have to attend and see if it will get an at-large bid into the NAIA nationwide match, ending with a 20-10 total document. As of Feb. 20, DWU ranked top-50 nationally in RPI and energy of schedule metrics as calculated by the NAIA.
Dordt (28-2) and second-seeded Concordia will meet within the GPAC championship recreation on Tuesday, March 5, in Sioux Middle. By advantage of the Defenders successful the regular-season standings, each groups will declare the GPAC’s computerized bids into the nationwide match.
Dordt 69, Dakota Wesleyan ladies 59
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Dakota Wesleyan (20-10): Morgan Edelman 7-17 0-0 18 Mya Wilson 3-4 3-4 11 Emma Yost 1-6 1-2 3 Rylee Rosenquist 2-12 1-2 5 Shalayne Nagel 4-8 0-0 10 Grace Fryda 0-0 0-0 0 Taliyah Hayes 0-2 0-0 0 Maleighya Estes 2-4 0-0 5 Anna Campbell 0-1 1-2 1 Lacey Sprakel 3-5 0-0 6 Totals 22-59 6-10 59.
Dordt (28-2): Macy Sievers 3-9 6-7 14 Bailey Beckman 3-14 3-4 9 Karly Gustafson 5-10 6-6 16 Religion Van Holland 1-2 0-0 3 Janie Schoonhoven 4-4 5-5 13 Willow Bleeker 0-1 0-0 0 Macey Nielson 1-2 0-0 3 Eliana Kuperus 4-6 1-1 9 Olivia Harazin 0-0 0-0 0 Gracie Schoonhoven 0-0 0-0 0 Taylor Drent 1-2 0-0 2 McKenzie Goodwin 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 22-50 21-23 69.
DWU 11 28 51 59
Dordt 20 33 48 69
3-pointers: DWU 9-20 (Edelman 4-7, Wilson 2-3, Yost, 0-1, Rosenquist 0-2, Nagel 2-4, Hayes 0-1, Estes 1-2), DRT 4-13 (Sievers 2-6, Beckman 0-2, Van Holland 1-2, Bleeker 0-1, Nielson 1-2). Rebounds-offensive: DWU 27-7 (Rosenquist 9, Edelman 6, Nagel 4), DRT 39-8 (Sievers 8, Gustafson 7, Kuperus 7). Complete fouls: DWU 20, DRT 14. Fouled out: None. Assists: DWU 13 (Yost 4, Rosenquist 4), DRT 12 (Sievers 6). Turnovers: DWU 11, DRT 17. Blocks: DWU 4 (Yost 2, Nagel, Estes), DRT 4 (Schoonhoven 2, Sievers, Gustafson). Steals: DWU 8 (Wilson 2, Yost 2), DRT 8 (Beckman 2, Van Holland 2).
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