Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State women's basketball could not pull out the win against Wayne State despite tying the game five times and having eight lead changes.
THE QUICK DETAILS
Scores: NSU 73, WSC 81
Record: NSU 1-1, WSC 1-1
Attendance: 276
HIGHLIGHTS
- NSU kept the game close with WSC in the first quarter trailing by 1-point after the first ten minutes of play
- Northern struggled to find a rhythm in the first quarter shooting 33.3% from the floor and 83.3% from the foul line
- Wayne State found their groove early shooting 47.1% from the field and 33.3% from distance.
- The Wolves found their first lead of the game shortly into the second quarter, on a jumper from Joie Spier giving NSU a 1-point lead
- After the short-lived one-point lead Northern did not lead for the remainder of the second quarter despite shooting 46.7% from the field
- Lexi Wadsworth gave the Wolves their largest lead in the third quarter making a basket in the paint for the 55-49 lead
- Northern led for the first two minutes in the fourth quarter, before Wayne State began to pull away going up by as much as 12
- NSU shot 37.5% from the floor, 21.1% beyond the arc, and 77.8% at the foul line
- The Wolves out-rebounded the Wildcats 39-34 and grabbed six steals
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS
UP NEXT
Northern State women's basketball is back in action from home on Friday January 8
th and 9
th as they welcome Bemidji State to Wachs Arena for a 7 p.m. tip-off Friday and 4 p.m. tip-off Saturday
