Defense Smothers in Huskies 66-41 Win Over Winona State

Friday, January 17

Winona, MN

7:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

10-6,7-4NSIC

Winona State

8-10,4-8NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Winona St.

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

1/17/2025 11:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Warriors shoot 21% from the field

Winona, Minn.- St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (10-6, 7-4 NSIC) picked up their 10th win of the season after beating Winona State 66-41 Friday evening. Through the first five minutes of the game, Winona State narrowly held a 9-6 advantage after Olivia Gamoke made a three-pointer to break the tie. St. Cloud State started to take control as they held the Warriors scoreless over the next four minuets to now lead 15-9 after a 9-0. The Huskies added some fireworks to the end of the first quarter as Paige Lambe swished a turn around jumper to beat the buzzer. St. Cloud State would lead 17-11 after the buzzer beater by Lambe. The Huskies held a steady lead throughout most of the second quarter, but free throws by Winona State cut SCSU's lead down to three points. With 2:16 left in the second quarter, scored the next four points as the lead went back up to seven. Kylan Gerads expanded that lead to nine following an offensive rebound and putback. The Huskies would lead 29-20 going into halftime after holding Winona State to a mere 19% from the field in the half. Winona State opened the second half with some energy as a 4-0 run got the lead down to five. From that point, St. Cloud State started to take control as Jada Eggebrecht capped off a 14-2 run for the Huskies by drilling a three-pointer. SCSU led by 17 points with 4:36 left in the third quarter but kept pouring it on the Warriors as Eggebrecht splashed another three with 22 seconds left to extend the lead to 22 points. The fourth quarter saw the Huskies lead by 21+ points throughout as they came away with a 66-41 victory against Winona State. The Warriors scored less than 11 points in every quarter and shot 21% from the field in the game.

Top Huskies

Kristi Kottke paced the Huskies in scoring with 15 points to go along with six rebounds, and four steals. Kottke shot 7/9 from the field.
Jada Eggebrecht stuffed the stat sheet with 13 points, five rebounds, and four assists. She made five of her nine field goal attempts and drained three three-pointers.
Kylan Gerads scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds while shooting 5/7 from the field.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 30-19 all-time against Winona State and has won five consecutive games.
The Huskies led the game in field goal percentage (49.33-20.97), three-point percentage (31.82-15.38), rebounds (42-38), assists (16-5), blocks (5-0), steals (8-7), points off turnovers (17-6), second chance points (6-2), bench points (30-20), points in the paint (28-16), and fast break points (11-2).
Paige Lambe scored 10 points, grabbed four rebounds, and blocked three shots.
Alana Zarneke totaled seven points, six rebounds, four assists, and two steals.
Rachel Kottke tallied two points, six rebounds, and two assists.
Reagan Briggs scored three points and secured four rebounds.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action tomorrow as they face off against No. 10 Minnesota State Mankato at 5:30 p.m. 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.