SCSU Women's Basketball Takes Down Concordia-St. Paul, 84-74

Sunday, January 3

St. Cloud, MInn.

2:00 p.m.

St. Cloud State

8-4, 7-1NSIC

Concordia University, St. Paul

5-8, 1-6NSIC

Concordia St. Paul

St. Cloud State

SCSU Women's Basketball Takes Down Concordia-St. Paul, 84-74

1/3/2016 5:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

St. Cloud, Minn. – The St. Cloud State women's basketball team matched up against the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) action. The Huskies trumped the Golden Bears with a final score of 84-74.

St. Cloud State improves to 8-4 overall and 7-1 in the conference. Concordia-St. Paul falls to 5-8 overall and 1-6 in the NSIC.

Junior guard Betsy MacDonald (St. Paul, Minn.) led the Huskies with a season-high 19 points. MacDonald made five of seven from behind the arc and dished out six assists.

Senior forward Karissa LeCaptain (Algoma, Wis.) finished with 18 points and nine rebounds. LeCaptain is averaging 12.3 points per game on the season and leads the team in rebounds averaging 8.3 per game.

Sophomore guard Andrea Thomas led the Huskies with nine assists. Thomas had 13 points and was perfect from the free throw line making five of five.

Junior guard Chelsea Nooker (Green Bay, Wis.) finished with 16 points. Nooker recorded seven assists, two blocks, and three steals.

Lauren Novak (Eau Claire, Wis.) tallied a season-high 11 points. Novak made three of five shots from the three-point range.

St. Cloud State shot 49.2% from the field compared to Concordia-St. Paul's 45.2%. The Huskies outrebounded the Golden Bears 39-29. St. Cloud State's largest lead came at 3:56 in the third quarter with 16 points. The Huskies were able to force the Golden Bears into 13 turnovers.

Caitlyn Russell led the Golden Bears with 23 points and 7 rebounds.

St. Cloud State will return to action next weekend as they travel to Crookston, Minn. and Bemidji, Minn. The Huskies will take on the University of Minnesota-Crookston Friday, Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. followed by Bemidji State at 1 p.m. on Jan. 10. Minnesota-Crookston is currently 8-3 overall and 5-2 in the NSIC. Bemidji State is 5-7 overall and 1-7 in the conference.