WOLVES DUMP DRAGONS 70-48

Jan. 4, 2002

How to slay a Dragon -- NSU coach Curt Fredrickson instructs his team during a timeout against MSU-Moorhead Friday night.

Northern State controlled every aspect of the game in a 70-48 domination of Minnesota State-Moorhead Friday night in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference game at NSU's Barnett Center.

The Dragons came into the game with high expectations after upsetting perennial regional power Minnesota-Duluth last weekend. But the Wolves quickly crashed their high spirits. The Wolves (9-4, 4-1 NSIC) never trailed, built a first-half lead of as many as 23 and held MSUM to single digits until the 3 minute, 30 second mark of the first half. In the second half, NSU's underclassmen and junior varsity players got to see varsity time. NSU sent in 19 players during the game, while 14 players broke into the scoring column.

Senior point guard Holly Schaunaman (Leola) made the most of her minutes by scoring 10 points in addition to four rebounds, three steals and two assists. She was the only NSU player to reach double digits. True freshman Andrea Ronderos (Washburn, N.D.) tied a career high in rebounds, leading the team with six. MSUM (6-6, 2-2 NSIC), was led by Katie Doerr's 11 points and eight rebounds.

NSU continues conference play at home Saturday night against Minnesota-Crookston.