February 7, 2004

Change of Pace sends NSU women out with a loss.

The Northern State women's basketball team lost their fourth straight game last night. They started out strong and ended the first half with a 19-point lead. In the beginning of the half both teams were playing even. But then the Wolves scored four three-pointers with in two minutes of each other; two of those were by Ali Chmielewski, plus Liza Seizer and Amber Powell each added one. That sparked what looked like an adequate lead for the wolves. Apparently the Dragons thought differently.

Amanda Mollman started the scoring for second half, but the Dragons answered convincingly. They went of a 15-0 run on the Wolves, who didn't score again until five minutes had been played. When the Wolves finally did score the Dragons were within nine. After the Dragons caught up the rest of the game remained close; but amongst great efforts by the Wolves they couldn't reclaim their lead, sending them out with a loss at home. Free-throws could've help Northern, but they shot only 30.8%, Moorhead did well from the line sinking 72.5% of their attempts.

Leading Northern was Michelle Hanson with 14 points, three assists, and one block. Also making contributions was Sara Jensen and Jessi Mostad. Jensen had 11 points and three assists, while Mostad had 13 points, two blocked shots, and three steals. On Moorhead's side Jackie Doerr lead with 20 points. Three other players scored in double-digits: Liz Klukas, Rollie Brenna, Dana Weibel. Klukas also grabbed 11 boards and two steals, recording the only double-double of the game.

The Northern State Women will host MSU Crookston and Bemidji State next weekend, February 13 and 14 for "I Hate Winter Days."

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