Huskies Strong Defense Not Enough to Hold Off the Marauders

Friday, December 6

St. Cloud, Minn.

5:30 p.m.

St. Cloud State

3-3,0-2NSIC

University of Mary

8-3,2-0NSIC

Mary

St. Cloud St.

Katrina Theis going up for a layup

Photo by: Kelsey Whaley

Huskies Strong Defense Not Enough to Hold Off the Marauders

12/6/2019 11:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

ST. CLOUD, MINN. – The St. Cloud State University women's basketball team fell 60-51 to the University of Mary Marauders. SCSU scored first and held their lead for a few minutes but ultimately the Marauders took an early lead and never looked back. The St. Cloud State defense managed to hold the high powered UMary offense to just 60 points. The Huskies fall to 3-3 (0-2 NSIC) after tonight's loss and UMary improves to 8-3 (2-0 NSIC) after tonight's win over the Huskies.

SCSU was led offensively by Katrina Theis (So., F, Maple Grove, Minn.). Theis led the team with 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting and 6 of which from the three-point line. Theis also added six total rebounds as well and three steals. Madelin Dammann (Sr., G, Waconia, Minn.) contributed 13 points to the Huskies offense, shooting 5-of-13. Nine of Dammann's 13 points came from beyond the arc. 10 rebounds from Nikki Kilboten (Jr., F, Eau Claire, Wis.) helped the Huskies outrebound the Marauders 38-27. Kilboten also had three blocks on the night.

St. Cloud State shot 21-of-63 as a team for 33.3 percent from the field. The Huskies also shot 5-of-19 from downtown for 26.3 percent. SCSU shot 50 percent from the charity stripe, only knocking down 4-of-8 attempts.

UMary shot 21-of-49 for 42.9 percent from the field on the night. The Marauders were 6-of-16 from behind the arc. UMary separated themselves offensively from the Huskies with their 80 percent free throw performance, knocking down 12-of-15.

Leading the Marauders offensively was Cassie Askvig who had 21 points and 4 rebounds. Askvig shot 50 percent from the field and made 3-of-4 three pointers to help propel the Marauders. Lexie Schneider added 13 points on 6-of-8 from the field. Schneider also contributed immensely to the defense with nine defensive rebounds.

Kilboten got the scoring started for both sides with a strong layup to put the Huskies up 2-0. After the Marauders tied things at two, a Theis three pointer put the Huskies up 5-2. The Huskies and Marauders went back and forth throughout most of the first quarter. After the first quarter, SCSU trailed UMary 12-8.

The St. Cloud State offense only scored nine points during the second quarter in the defensive battle between the two teams. The SCSU defense only held the Marauders to 11 points. The Huskies only trailed UMary 23-17 going into the second half.

The second half is when the Marauders started to separate themselves but SCSU did not go down without a fight. St. Cloud State got off 14 more shots than UMary but struggled to find consistency all night. The Huskies fought hard but ultimately fell 60-51 to Mary.

The Huskies will be back in Halenbeck Hall tomorrow evening, Sat., December 7, to take on Minot State University at 3:30 pm before they hit the road Fri., December 13 to take on Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn. at 5:30pm.