Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009

Pioneers women drop season's first in S.D.

MidAmerica Nazarene's women's basketball team played the University of Sioux Falls to a 25-25 second-half draw Friday night in South Dakota.

Trouble was the Pioneers had already spotted the Cougars a 36-25 lead and dropped their first game of the season 61-50.

Committing 26 turnovers proved to be MidAmerica's undoing.

Senior Bethany Rexroth scored a game-high 14, which was matched by two other players. Rexroth added nine rebounds and a season-high six blocks.

Bethany Schwab hit four 3-pointers and also scored 14, while Kristie Tiegreen grabbed a game-best 12 boards and Hadleigh Meek added a game-high seven assists for the Pioneers, 3-1.

Sioux Falls' Chelsa Baxa also scored 14.

| Tod Palmer, todpalmer@theolathenews.com

SIOUX FALLS 61, MIDAMERICA NAZARENE 50

MidAmerica Nazarene (3-1): Kristin Malone 2-4 0-0 5, Hadleigh Meek 0-5 8-10 8, Bethany Rexroth 5-11 4-5 14, Bethany Schwab 5-14 0-0 14, Kristie Tiegreen 2-5 2-2 6, Heather Cunard 1-6 0-0 3, Lindsey Sprague 0-3 0-0 0, Sophia Stockton 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 15-49 14-17 50.

Sioux Falls (3-0): Holli Aggen 1-3 0-0 3, Jessica Austin 1-3 2-2 5, Chelsa Baxa 6-9 0-0 14, Becky Christofferson 3-8 2-3 9, Katie Farley 0-1 0-2 0, Malissa Gruenwald 0-0 0-0 0, Elizabeth Hildreth 6-13 1-2 13, Jamey Hofer 5-11 1-3 11, Abby Mendik 2-8 0-0 5, Dominique Schuler 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 24-59 7-14 61.

Halftime: USF 36-25. Three-point goals: MNU 6-17 (Schwab 4-11, Cunard 1-1, Malone 1-1, Meek 0-1, Sprague 0-3), USF 6-15 (Baxa 2-5, Mendik 1-1, Aggen 1-2, Austin 1-3, Christofferson 1-4). Rebounds: MNU 40 (Tiegreen 12), USF 35 (Christofferson 7). Assists: MNU 8 (Meek 7), USF 13 (Farley 3). Turnovers: MNU 26, USF 15.

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