Zarneke’s 25 Points Pushes Huskies Past Duluth 79-66

Saturday, January 11

Duluth, MN

1:00 P.M.

St. Cloud State

9-6,6-4NSIC

Minnesota Duluth

5-10,3-7NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Minn. Duluth

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

1/11/2025 8:53:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

St. Cloud State picks up ninth win

Duluth, Minn.- St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (9-6, 6-4) NSIC picked up their ninth win of the season after defeating Minnesota Duluth 79-66 Saturday afternoon. In what was a defensive oriented start to the game, a three by Rachel Kottke gave the Huskies a 7-5 lead at the 3:51 mark of the first quarter. Both teams started to find their offense late in the quarter as SCSU narrowly held a 14-11 lead. St. Cloud State built up a six point lead early in the second quarter, but would ultimately be tied 19-19 with 6:36 left in the half. Alana Zarneke broke that tie as she cashed a three to spark a Huskies run. After getting a defensive stop, the Reagan Briggs came away with a rebound to put St. Cloud State on a fast break. She pushed the ball up to Jada Eggebrecht who dumped it down to Zarneke. She finished the layup while being fouled. Zarneke converted the and-one opportunity and then came away with an inbound steal where she then found a streaking Briggs for a layup. After another stop, Eggebrecht knocked down a long two pointer to put St. Cloud State up 16 after an 18-2 run. SCSU went into the break holding a 37-26 lead after holding UMD to 24% from the field in the first half. The third quarter saw Duluth start to chip into the lead as they got back within seven points. Back-to-back three's by Kottke and Eggebrecht pushed that lead back up to 11 points. UMD continued to be resilient as they kept fighting, but the Huskies ended the quarter with a bang as Kottke scorched consecutive threes to put SCSU up 14 going into the final frame. St. Cloud State built their lead up to 16 points and led by double-digits the rest of the way as they defeated Minnesota Duluth 79-66.

Top Huskies

Alana Zarneke had a career-game as she registered her first career double-double with career-highs of 25 points and 13 rebounds. Zarneke was white hot as she shot 7/13 from the field, 3/6 from three, and 8/9 from the free throw line. She also totaled four stocks including a career-high three blocks, and two assists.
Rachel Kottke scored 14 points while going 4/5 from three-point range, which was a career-high in makes. She also dished out three assists and grabbed two rebounds. This was Kottke's fifth game this season where she has made 3+ threes.
Paige Lambe scored 12 points while securing five rebounds. She also tallied two blocks and assists. This was Lambe's sixth game scoring in double-digits this season.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 52-42 all-time against Minnesota Duluth.
The Huskies led the game in field goal percentage (49-36), three-point makes (10-5), three-point percentage (58.8-33.3), free throw makes (17-7), blocks (6-5), steals (5-2), assists (17-13), points off turnovers (15-6), fast break points (16-12), and bench points (23-15).
Jada Eggebrecht scored 10 points and dished out four assists. She shot 4/9 from the field and 2/4 from beyond the arc. This was her seventh multi-three games this season.
Reagan Briggs scored a career-high nine points while securing six rebounds. This was the seventh game this season for Briggs where she has grabbed 6+ rebounds.
Halle Vande Hey scored a career-high scored a career-high six points while going 4/4 from the free throw line. She also tied her career-high in rebounds with 3.
Kristi Kottke totaled four rebounds and assists to go with two steals and one point.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action on January 17 as they travel to Winona State to take on the Warriors. For all the latest on St. Cloud State Women's Basketball, stay tuned to scsuhuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.