Dec 10, 2018
Huskies Women’s Hoops split weekend road trip, Dammann the hero vs Minot State
12/7 – St. Cloud State 47 – University of Mary 59 – FINAL
The Huskies were looking to get a road trip off to a hot start against Mary Friday afternoon, but fell to the Mauraders 59 – 47.
SCSU opened up the contest with a 16-10 lead after the 1st quarter, but Mary would respond late in the game with a 25-11 scoring outburst in the 4th quarter leading them to a 59-47 win over the Huskies.
St. Cloud State lead for three quarters of the game Friday afternoon, but could not hold onto the lead into the fourth quarter for the loss.
Junior Madelin Dammann led the Huskies offensively with 13 points, along with good work on the glass with 5 rebounds as well. Mallie Doucette and Tori Wortz also tagged along eight points for the Huskies as well.
Despite leading most of the game, SCSU offensively struggled finishing the game shooting 28% from the field and just 26% from behind the arc. Mary dominated the boards, finishing the game out rebounding SCSU 46-24.
The loss drops the Huskies to open NSIC play with a record of 0-2.
12/8 – St. Cloud State 61 – Minot State 60 – FINAL
Junior Madelin Dammann hit the game winning shot leaving just 0.1 seconds on the clock for the Huskies, propelling them to a dramatic 61-60 win over the Beavers in Minot.
With the final seconds ticking off the clock in the fourth quarter and the Huskies trailing by two, it was Dammann that collected the offensive rebound and put the shot back up along the baseline to sink Minot State. Dammann led all Huskies in scoring for the second straight game, finishing with 16 points.
Sophomore forward Nikki Kilboten collected a career – high 12 points in the win over MSU as well as freshman Katrina Theis not far behind with 11 points of her own.
Minot State out scored SCSU in the second quarter 23 – 3 to take a lead into the halftime break, but SCSU would finish the game outscoring the Beavers in the final two quarters.
The Huskies are back in Halenbeck Hall this weekend, taking on SMSU and the Sioux Falls. You can catch all of this weekends action LIVE on the KVSC Sports Stream.
