Huskies Season Ends at the Pentagon, Fall 76-60 to No. 11 Concordia-St. Paul in NSIC Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 1

11:00 A.M.

St. Cloud State

15-14,11-11NSIC

#11 Concordia-St. Paul

27-2,20-2NSIC

St. Cloud St.

Concordia-St. Paul

Photo by: NSIC

Huskies Season Ends at the Pentagon, Fall 76-60 to No. 11 Concordia-St. Paul in NSIC Quarterfinals

3/1/2025 11:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Cold shooting hurts St. Cloud State

Sioux Falls, S.D.- St. Cloud State Women's Basketball (15-14, 11-11 NSIC) were defeated 76-60 in the NSIC Quarterfinals against No. 11 Concordia-St. Paul Saturday afternoon. SCSU got off to a strong start in the game as a three-pointer by Alana Zarneke gave them a 7-2 lead. The Golden Bears responded with their own 7-2 run as the game would be tied at 9 points apiece. From that moment, CSP built up a double-digit lead with a 15-4 run as they now led 24-13 with 2:51 left in the quarter. The teams traded buckets in the final stretch of the frame before Ashley Schuelke made a buzzer beating three to give CSP a 29-15 lead. The momentum for Concordia maintained into the second quarter as they opened on an 8-2 run to push the lead up to 20 points. The Huskies ultimately went into halftime trailing 43-24. The second half saw similar results as SCSU trailed by 15+ the remainder of the game. The Huskies were unable to make a string of stops and scores to cut into the deficit as they shot 35% from the field and 25% from three while CSP shot 49.1% from the field and 45% from three. St. Cloud State's season would come to a close as they would be defeated 76-70.

Top Huskies

Jada Eggebrecht led the Huskies with 13 points on 5/12 shooting to go with three rebounds and a steal.
Alana Zarneke was the only other Husky to crack double figures as she tallied 10 points and two rebounds and threes.
Kristi Kottke scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds.

Notables

St. Cloud State is now 19-21 all-time against Concordia-St. Paul.
The Huskies led the game in offensive rebounds (10-7), steals (10-8), second chance points (12-4), and bench points 23-15).
Reagan Briggs and Paige Lambe each tallied six points, four rebounds, and two steals.
Halle Vande Hey scored seven points, grabbed two rebounds, and recorded a block and steal.
Kylan Gerads registered five points and rebounds.
Rachel Kottke totaled three points, rebounds, and steals.
Alyssa Stamer scored two points, grabbed four rebounds, and dished two assists.