Pioneers 35... Northwest College 84

Northwest College raced out to an 18-0 lead before the MCC Pioneers scored their first basket of the game with just over a minute to go in the first quarter and the Trappers took a 22-2 lead to the quarter break. 

The 2nd quarter was a little better for MCC as NWC outscored the Pioneers 17-14 in that frame to take a 39-16 lead to the halftime break. NWC kept on the gas pedal in the 2nd half outscoring the Pioneers 45-19 over the final 20 minutes. 

The Trapper defense forced 33 Pioneer turnovers and as a result NWC had 31 more shot attempts at the basket in the game. 

Pien Draisma (Freshman - Katwijk, Netherlands) came off the bench and was the lone Pioneer in double figures with 12 points (6-10 FG, 0-1 3's, 0-4 FT). Isabelle Gurie (Sophomore - Columbus, MT) and Skyler Neumann (Fallon, MT) each had 5 rebounds to lead MCC and Jessica Makayabo (Sophomore - Eastlake, TX) had a team high 4 assists. 

Tayva Phillips had 16 points (5-12 FG, 4-9 3's, 2-2 FT) as 13 different Trappers found the scoring column in the game. 

Inside the Box Score

• The Pioneers shot just 14-43 (33%) from the field and 3-11 from the 3-point line. MCC was just 4-10 at the free throw line. 
• The Trappers shot 32-74 (43%) from the field and 12-34 (35%) from the 3-point line. NWC was 8-12 at the free throw line. 
• MCC committed 33 turnovers to just 12 for NWC. 
• NWC outrebounded MCC 34-27 and MCC had only 3 offensive rebounds. The Trappers had 12. 
• NWC scored 32 points off of Pioneer turnovers. 

MCC is now 1-5 on the season and hosts Dickinson State JV on Friday night at 5:00 in the MCC Centra.