Turnovers Plague Huskies in 55-72 Loss to Golden Bears

Wednesday, January 8

St. Paul, MN

5:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

8-6,5-4NSIC

#24 Concordia-St. Paul

14-2,8-2NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Concordia-St. Paul

Photo by: Isaac Bentrott

1/9/2025 12:55:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

24 turnovers for SCSU leads to 24 CSP points

St. Paul, Minn.- St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (8-6, 5-4 NSIC) were defeated 55-72 at the hands of #24 Concordia-St. Paul Wednesday evening. CSP got off to a fast start as they led 8-2 in the first three minutes of the game. The Huskies started to then find their offensive footing as a three by Jada Eggebrecht capped off an 8-2 run of their own as the game would be tied 10-10. The teams battled the rest of the quarter as the Huskies trailed 14-16 at the end of the first quarter after Alyssa Stamer sunk a jumper with six seconds left. Through the first five minutes of the second quarter, neither team held more than a four-point lead. Rachel Kottke gave SCSU their first lead of the game as she cashed a three to put the Huskies up 25-24 with 4:52 left in the half. The teams traded leads over the next two minutes as the Golden Bears led by a single point after a jumper by Lydia Haack. From that point, CSP started to seize control of the game as they closed the half on an 11-2 run to lead 37-29 at the break. The momentum continued in favor of the Golden Bears at the start of the second half as back-to-back threes extended their lead to 14 and led to a timeout by SCSU. CSP's defense stifled St. Cloud State's offense as they forced 15 turnovers in the second half while the Huskies shot 30% from the field. The Golden Bears led by 12+ points the rest of the game as they went on to defeat St. Cloud State 72-55.

Top Huskies

Alana Zarneke paced the Huskies in scoring with 14 points on 6/11 shooting. She also grabbed three rebounds. This was Zarneke's third consecutive game scoring in double-digits.
Jada Eggebrecht tallied seven points, and three rebounds while tying her career-high with four steals. This was Eggebrecht's third multi-steal game of the season.
Kylan Gerads scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds while dishing two assists. Gerads also went 5/5 from the free throw line which was a career-high in makes. This was the fifth game this season where Gerads has grabbed 7+ rebounds.

Notables

St. Cloud State falls to 19-20 all-time against Concordia-St. Paul.
The Huskies led the game in free throw makes (12-10), rebounds (39-32), offensive rebounds (16-10), second chance points (16-10), and bench points (22-4).
Rachel Kottke scored nine points and grabbed three rebounds. She also tied her career-high in three-point makes with three.
Paige Lambe totaled seven points and four rebounds while blocking one shot. This was the third consecutive game where Lambe has blocked shot.
Reagan Briggs grabbed six rebounds and nabbed two steals. This was Briggs sixth game this season where she has secured 6+ rebounds and ninth multi-steal game.
Kristi Kottke scored four points, grabbed three boards, and totaled two assists and steals. The two steals tied her career-high.
Alyssa Stamer scored five points and dished two assists.
Halle Vande Hey grabbed a career-high three rebounds.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will be back in action on Saturday, January 11 as they face-off against Minnesota Duluth in Duluth, Minn. 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.