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Williston State Defense Stifles MCC Women

Williston State Defense Stifles MCC Women
Posted: Feb 06, 2022

The Williston State Teton Women held the MCC Pioneers to only 13 field goals and forced 23 turnovers extending a 11-10 first quarter advantage to a 41-point 4th quarter lead in a 76-40 win on Sunday afternoon in Williston, ND. The Pioneers scored only 15 total points in the 2nd and 3rd quarters as Williston went on a 14-0 run to end the first half to lead 32-17.

The 1st quarter went back and forth with 3 lead changes and 2 ties ending in a 11-10 Teton lead. The 2nd quarter was much of the same before the Tetons took command after leading 18-17 and stretching that lead to 32-17 at the half. Only 3 total points were scored in the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half and those points cut the Teton lead to 32-20. After that was all Tetons as they outscored the Pioneers 16-8 in the 3rd quarter and 28-15 in the 4th. 

5 Tetons reached double figures led by Hayley McDonald (Canberra, Australia) with 17 points (5-8 FG, 1-3 3's, 6-6 FT) off the bench and McDonald also nabbed 8 steals and 4 rebounds. Emily Kurkowski (Melbourne, Australia) also scored 17 points (5-12 FG, 3-8 3's, 4-4 FT). Keeley Tini (Aukland, New Zealand) chipped in 11 points (3-8 FG, 2-4 3's, 3-4 FT), a team high 6 rebounds, and 4 assists. Brooklyn Douglas (Williston, ND) had 10 points (3-8 FG, 0-5 3's, 4-4 FT) and Sydney Labatte (Froid, MT) added 10 (5-9 FG, 0-1 3's). 

The Pioneers were led by reserve Isabel Saltenberger (Anaconda, MT) came off the bench with a career high 17 points (6-7 FG, 3-3 3's, 2-2 FT) in only 16 minutes of action. No other Pioneer scored more than 6 points. Ella Paleea-Cook (Melbourne, Australia) had 6 rebounds and Aylin Ramirez (Phoenix, AZ) and Kelbee Denham (Malta, MT) had 4 assists. 

Inside the Box Score

  • The Pioneers shot only 13-37 (35%) from the field and the Tetons were 24-57 (42%)
  • MCC hit 6-14 from 3-point range and WSC was 7-26.
  • The Pioneers had 23 turnovers resulting in 18 Teton points. WSC turned it over only 9 times. 
  • WSC hit 21-24 from the free throw line and MCC hit 8-12. 
  • The bright spot for MCC was a 34-29 advantage on the boards. 

Williston State sits in 2nd place in the MonDak Conference at 13-4 and are 16-10 overall. MCC fell to 3-14 in MonDak Conference play and 5-21 overall. The Pioneers travel to Dakota College at Bottineau on Wednesday night at 4:30 PM MST.