Huskies Cruise to 80-47 Win Against Winona State in Regular Season Finale

Saturday, February 22

St. Cloud, Minn.

5:30 P.M.

St. Cloud State

14-13,11-11NSIC

Winona State

11-17,7-15NSIC

Winona St.

St. Cloud St.

Huskies Cruise to 80-47 Win Against Winona State in Regular Season Finale

2/22/2025 10:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

St. Cloud State finishes eighth in NSIC standings

St. Cloud, Minn.- St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (14-13, 11-11 NSIC) capped off the regular season with an 80-47 victory against Winona State Saturday evening. Through the first five minutes of the game, St. Cloud State held a 10-6 lead after a bucket by the Warriors. The defense then turned up for SCSU as they held WSU scoreless for the final four minutes of the quarter. With three field goal makes along the way, the Huskies would lead 16-6 going into the second quarter. St. Cloud State continued to expand the lead as an and-one layup by Kylan Gerads set the score at 35-17. With 2:19 left until halftime, Alana Zarneke cashed a three to push the lead to 20 points. Following a jumper by Winona, Zarneke splashed another three and then knocked down a long two with three seconds left in the half to cap of her personal 8-2 run. The Huskies would go into the half leading 43-21. The third quarter saw Winona State start to break into the deficit as a three-pointer at the 5:25 mark brought the lead down to 15 points. Halle Vande Hey got it back rolling for the Huskies with a putback off an offensive rebound. St. Cloud State forced a miss which then led to a three by Jada Eggebrecht. The Huskies strung another stop as Eggebrecht received an outlet pass off the rebound and then cashed a transition three. In need to stop the run, the Warriors would be stuffed on a jumper by Gerads who then took it the distance to cap off the 10-0 as St. Cloud State now led 57-32. The Huskies ultimately led by 23+ points the rest of the way with a lead as big as 33 points to cruise to an 80-47 win against Winona State.

Top Huskies

Jada Eggebrecht paced the Huskies in scoring with 19 points on an efficient 7/10 shooting. Eggebrecht also grabbed four rebounds, cash two threes, and recorded a block. This was her sixth game with 19+ points this season.
Alana Zarneke closed in on a double-double with 17 points and seven rebounds while cashing three threes. This was her fifth game with 17+ points and eighth game with 3+ threes.
Kylan Gerads was the final Husky to score in double-figures as she tallied 10 points and five rebounds while shooting 4/6 from the field. This was her 11th game scoring 10+ points.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 31-19 all-time against Winona State and has won six straight games.
The Huskies led the game in field goal percentage (51.6-27.6), three-pointers made (9-5), rebounds (52-25), offensive rebounds (16-9), assists (21-6), blocks (3-1), points off turnovers (11-8), points in the paint (32-16), second chance points (19-6), fast break points (4-1), and bench points (30-16).
Halle Vande Hey scored four points and grabbed seven rebounds with six coming on the offensive end, a career-high. This was her third game with 7+ rebounds.
Kristi Kottke totaled eight points, four rebounds, and two assists. This was her sixth game with 8+ points.
Paige Lambe and Alyssa Stamer each tallied six points and four rebounds.
Rachel Kottke recorded three points and rebounds with five assists. This was her third game with 5+ assists this season.
Reagan Briggs grabbed eight rebounds to go with two points. This was her fourth game with 8+ rebounds.
Kora Forsline scored a career-high five points and grabbed three rebounds.

Up Next
St. Cloud State will now enter postseason play as the eight seed in the NSIC Tournament. They will host Minot State in the first round on Wednesday, February 26 at 5:30. The winner of that game will advance to the Sanford Pentagon to take on Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday, March 1 at 11:00 a.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.