Women’s Basketball Falls on the Road to Wayne State

Friday, January 26

Wayne, NE

6 p.m.

St. Cloud State

12-6 (9-5NSIC)

Wayne State College

17-6 (11-4NSIC)

St. Cloud State

Wayne State

Amanda Christianson

Photo by: Sean Arbaut, Minot State Sports Information

1/26/2018 9:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Wayne, Nebraska – In Friday night's NSIC match-up, the St. Cloud State women's basketball team (12-6, 9-5 NSIC) fell behind in the first quarter to the Wayne State Wildcats (17-6, 11-4 NSIC) to give the conference's second-highest scoring offense the early momentum. The Huskies were able to recover and match the Wildcat's 21 points in the third quarter before eventually falling by a score of 84-56. SCSU out-rebounded the Wildcats, 37-36 and was able to capitalize on nine points from their 16 offensive rebounds. However, the Huskies were outscored in the paint 26-16 and did not control a lead in the game.

Amanda Christianson paced the Huskies' offensive efforts by recording 11 points, five rebounds and one steal. Andrea Thomas also recorded ten points while Mallie Doucette scored nine points off of the Huskies' bench. Nikki Kilboten recorded five rebounds and six points off of the bench as well. As a team, St. Cloud State shot 35.2 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from the free throw line.

The Wildcats had three of their starters score in double-figures with Paige Ballinger leading all scorers with 19 points. Andrea Larson recorded a game-high of nine rebounds. As a team, the Wildcats shot 52.6 percent from the field, 47.6 percent from three-point range and 87.5 percent from the free-throw line.

St. Cloud State will travel to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to take on the NSIC-South leading Augustana University Vikings (14-1, 18-1 NSIC). On Friday night, the Vikings defeated the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs at home by a score of 69-46.

Since 1984, the Huskies are 27-35 all-time against Augustana.
The Huskies' last win against the Vikings came last season in a 74-70 final at Halenbeck Hall.
Last season, Betsy MacDonald and Chelsey Nooker each scored a game-high of 19 points.
Current players, Andrea Thomas, Amanda Christianson, Mackenzie Uter, Mallie Doucette and Brianna Johnson combined for 34 points.

Tomorrow's game against Augustana may be streamed LIVE at this link.

Notes:

The Huskies are on a two-game losing streak
Friday night's game was the second time since December 30, 2017 the Huskies have scored under 60 points.
SCSU is currently ranked third in the NSIC North standings.