Huskies use Hot Shooting to Take Down Michigan Tech 72-61

Saturday, November 23

St. Cloud, Minn.

11:00 A.M.

St. Cloud State

3-0,0-0NSIC

Michigan Tech

2-3,0-0GLIAC

Michigan Tech

St. Cloud St.

11/23/2024 3:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

St. Cloud State Remains Undefeated on the Year

St. Cloud, Minn.- St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (3-0) picked up their third win of the season to remain unbeaten on the year. The first quarter for the Huskies was quiet offensively as they shot 33% from the field. St. Cloud State trailed 18-15 at the end of the first quarter but started to pick up their offense in the second as back-to-back threes by Reagan Briggs and Rachel Kottke gave St. Cloud State a 23-22 lead with 5:51 remaining in the half. The teams battled back and forth the remainder of the half as Michigan Tech would narrowly hold a 35-33 lead at the break. The third quarter is when the tides began to turn for St. Cloud State as their offense stayed hot, but their defense came alive as they held MTU to 16 points on 38.9% from the field. Coming out of the break, Jada Eggebrecht capped off an 11-2 run with a transition three-pointer to give the Huskies a 44-37 lead. St. Cloud State held that lead for the remainder of the quarter as they would lead 58-51 going into the fourth after outscoring MTU 25-16. The Huskies held that lead comfortably in the final frame as eight points by Paige Lambe in the fourth kept Michigan Tech at bay. St. Cloud State outscored MTU 14-10 in the fourth quarter as they would go on to win 72-61 to stay undefeated on the year. For the game, the Huskies were hot from three-point range as they shot 12/25.

Top Huskies

Abigail O'Reilly stuffed the stat sheet with a team-high 12 points while grabbing a team-high seven rebounds and dished out a career-high four assists. This is the second game this season where O'Reilly has scored in double-figures.
Rachel Kottke set a career-high in scoring with 11 points to go along with three rebounds, three made three-pointers, and an assist and steal.
Reagan Briggs also set a career-high in points with nine after shooting 3/6 from beyond the arc.

Notables

St. Cloud State moves to 5-7 against Michigan Tech all-time.
The Huskies led the game in three-point percentage (48-26), three-point makes (12-6), assists (19-15), steals (9-4), blocks (3-2), points off turnovers (24-12), second chance points (10-9), and bench points (33-11).
Jada Eggebrecht scored nine points to go along with three steals.
Alana Zarneke set a career-high of three steals while scoring eight points and making two of her four three-point attempts.
Alyssa Stamer set a career-high of six assists while scoring eight points and cashing two three-pointers.
Paige Lambe scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds in 17 minutes of action.

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