St. Cloud State Women’s Basketball Season Ends in NSIC Tournament Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 2

Sioux Falls, S.D.

7:00 P.M. CT

St. Cloud State

18-10,14-8NSIC

UMary

21-10,16-6NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Mary

Photo by: Jacob Sanders

St. Cloud State Women’s Basketball Season Ends in NSIC Tournament Quarterfinals

3/2/2024 11:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Huskies fall to UMary at the Sanford Pentagon, 75-61

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Seventh-seeded St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (18-10 overall, 14-8 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) season came to a close Saturday night at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux, Falls. The Huskies fell to the No. 2 seed UMary, 75-61.

SCSU jumped out to a quick, 8-1 lead behind early three-pointers from sophomore guard Jada Eggebrecht (Phillips, Wis.) and senior guard Tori Peschel (Sauk Centre, Minn.). The Marauders stormed back, scoring eight unanswered points to take a 9-8 lead with four minutes left in the first. The Huskies finished the quarter strong, taking a 15-11 lead into the second.

UMary (21-10, 16-6 NSIC) retook the lead with 1:46 left in the second quarter and led the rest of the way.

The Mauraders held a three-point halftime lead took after finishing the half on a 10-4 run. Megan Zander and Bergen Kinnebrew paced UMary in the quarter with eight points apiece. Zander poured in 14 first half points while Kinnebrew and NSIC Player of the Year Lexie Schneider had eight at the break. Eggebrecht led the Huskies in the first half with nine points, followed by sophomore forward Ashley Sawicki (Waunakee, Wis.) who had eight.

The third quarter went back and forth. It saw the UMary lead get as low as one point and as large as 10 – it carried a six-point advantage into the final frame. Eggebrecht scored seven more on a perfect 2-of-2 from the field including 1-of-3 from three and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.

SCSU ran out of steam in the fourth quarter and trailed by 10+ points in the final five minutes of the game.

For the Huskies, Eggebrecht finished with 16 points, Peschel finished with 10 and Sawicki and senior guard Morgan Draheim (Hortonville, Wis.) each finished with nine. For UMary, Zander finished with 28, Schneider finished with 21 and Kinnebrew finished with 17.

TOP HUSKIES

Eggebrecht scored a team-high 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc.
Peshcel posted 10 points, four rebounds and three assists.
Draheim stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals.

NOTABLES

SCSU is now 16-12 all-time in the NSIC Tournament and 20-11 all-time over UMary in the team's all-time series.
St. Cloud State led the game in three-point percentage (72.7-82.8), assists (14-8) and second chance points (12-7).
UMary led in field goal percentage (44.4-38.3), free throw percentage (82.8-72.7), field goals (24-21), free throws (24-16), total rebounds (9-26—35 – 8-19—27), steals (9-7), blocks (5-0), points off turnovers (17-9), points in the paint (42-28), fast break points (22-6) and bench points (19-15).
Both teams made three three-pointers
Eggebrecht scored 16+ points in 10 games this season and made 2+ threes in 13.
Peschel set season highs in points (10), field goals (four), three pointers (one). She set career highs in field goal attempts (10) and three-point attempts (five). Games this season with 4+ rebounds: 21 (15 in a row) and 3+ assists: nine.
Draheim scored 9+ points in 14 games this season, grabbed 6+ rebounds in four, dished out 5+ assists in five and nabbed 2+ steals in 15.
Sawicki posted nine points and three rebounds. Games this season with 9+ points: 20 and 3+ rebounds: all 28 games.
Freshman forward Abigail O'Reilly (Elgin, Minn.) scored seven points. She tied her career high in minutes played (13). Games this season with 7+ points: two.
Senior guard Makenna Vanzant (Farmington, Ark.) grabbed three rebounds. Games this season with 3+ rebounds: 11.