Saturday, February 17
Aberdeen, SD
4 p.m.
St. Cloud State
17-9, 14-8NSIC
55
at
71
Northern State University
24-4, 19-3NSIC
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St. Cloud State
11
20
16
8
55
NSU
16
22
13
20
71
Madelin Dammann
Photo by: Maddie MacFarlane
Women's Basketball Falls to Northern State, 71-55, In Regular Season Finale
2/17/2018 6:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Aberdeen, S.D. – Sophomore Madelin Dammann scored 16 points to help lead the St. Cloud State women's basketball team (17-9, 14-8 NSIC) in a 71-55 defeat at the hands of Northern State (24-4, 19-3 NSIC) on Saturday, Feb. 17, at Wachs Area in Aberdeen, S.D. in the regular season finale for both teams.
Dammann was able to score her 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the field including 2-for-4 from three-point range. She also had two rebounds two assists and a pair of steals. Senior Andrea Thomas picked up 14 points, three rebounds and a steal. Freshman Tori Wortz recorded 12 points, two assists and two steals. Â
Northern State was led by Miranda Ristau, who scored 35 points and pulled down 12 rebounds with two steals. Jessi Marti secured 11 points. Â Â
The Huskies shot 38.5 percent from the field (20-for-52), 37.5 percent from three-point range (9-for-24) and 100 percent from the line (6-for-6). Â Â SCSU had 21 rebounds, nine assists, eight steals and a block in the game. Northern State shot 52.0 percent from the field (26-for-50), 27.3 percent from three-point range (3-for-11) and 80 percent from the foul line (16-for-20).
SCSU trailed 38-31 at the half and were outscored 33-24 over the last 20 minutes of the game. The game featured three tied scores and two lead changes. The Huskies largest lead was three points at the 6:54 mark of the first quarter on a three from Dammann, 9-6. NSU's largest advantage was 18 points with 1:43 remaining in the game on the second of two made free throws from Brianna Kusler. Â
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The St. Cloud State women's basketball team returns home to host the first round of the NSIC/Sanford Health Women's Basketball Tournament at 6 p.m. as the number three seed in the North Division against the number six seed in the South Division, Concordia-St. Paul
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Dammann was able to score her 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting from the field including 2-for-4 from three-point range. She also had two rebounds two assists and a pair of steals. Senior Andrea Thomas picked up 14 points, three rebounds and a steal. Freshman Tori Wortz recorded 12 points, two assists and two steals. Â
Northern State was led by Miranda Ristau, who scored 35 points and pulled down 12 rebounds with two steals. Jessi Marti secured 11 points. Â Â
The Huskies shot 38.5 percent from the field (20-for-52), 37.5 percent from three-point range (9-for-24) and 100 percent from the line (6-for-6). Â Â SCSU had 21 rebounds, nine assists, eight steals and a block in the game. Northern State shot 52.0 percent from the field (26-for-50), 27.3 percent from three-point range (3-for-11) and 80 percent from the foul line (16-for-20).
SCSU trailed 38-31 at the half and were outscored 33-24 over the last 20 minutes of the game. The game featured three tied scores and two lead changes. The Huskies largest lead was three points at the 6:54 mark of the first quarter on a three from Dammann, 9-6. NSU's largest advantage was 18 points with 1:43 remaining in the game on the second of two made free throws from Brianna Kusler. Â
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The St. Cloud State women's basketball team returns home to host the first round of the NSIC/Sanford Health Women's Basketball Tournament at 6 p.m. as the number three seed in the North Division against the number six seed in the South Division, Concordia-St. Paul
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Team Stats
SCSU
NSU
FG%
.385
.520
3FG%
.375
.273
FT%
1.000
.800
RB
21
36
TO
16
15
STL
8
5
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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