The No.2 Dordt University women's basketball team stayed unbeaten with a huge 90-52 road win over Morningside in a conference match-up played tonight at the Rosen Verdoorn Sports Center / Allee Gym.
The second-ranked Defenders head into Thanksgiving break with a 3-0 record in the GPAC, 8-0 overall; Morningside drops to 1-2 in the GPAC, 4-3 overall.
Bailey Beckman poured in a season-high 23 points to lead all scorers and was one of four Defenders in double figures.
Macy Sievers scored 19 points to go with seven rebounds and five assists while
Gracie Schoonhoven and
Janie Schoonhoven contributed 14 and 12 points, respectively.
Dordt raced out to a 10-0 lead, getting buckets by three different players, to force the host Mustangs into a pair of timeouts with just over three-minutes gone by in the first quarter. The teams played even for the rest of the period as a three-point play by Beckman put the Defenders in front 17-6 at the end of the quarter.
A basket by Mustangs forward Chloe Lofstrom put the hosts within eight (17-9) but Dordt responded with a 13-5 run to take its largest lead to date (30-14) after a three-point play by
Janie Schoonhoven. Still up by 16 later in the quarter, the Defenders pressure defense led to eight consecutive points scored by
Macey Nielson and both Gracie and
Janie Schoonhoven, and extended their advantage to 24 (44-20) with under a minute left. Dordt led 46-22 at intermission.
Dordt put the game away with a 12-0 run to start the third quarter as they held Morningside scoreless for nearly five minutes. Five different players scored for Head Coach
Bill Harmsen's squad during the decisive run. The Defenders led 71-37 at the end of the third quarter and by as much as 44 after a lay-up by
Macy Sievers early in the fourth.
By the Numbers:
- Dordt shot a season-best 51% from the field and held Morningside to 28% from the floor
- both teams struggled shooting from beyond the arc; Dordt 24% (4/17), Morningside 26% (5/19)
- the Defenders held the advantage on the boards (50-40 and turnovers (12/15)
- both teams shot 16 free throws; Dordt converted 14 of 16, Morningside 9/16
- three Defenders scored season-highs this evening:
- Beckman has scored in double figures in seven of the eight games this season
- Gracie Schoonhoven has scored in double figures in three straight and four of the last five games
- Sievers, Janie Schoonhoven and Karly Gustafson all pulled down seven rebounds
- Sievers led the Defenders with five assists and Gracie Schoonhoven contributed four
- Dordt outscored Morningside in every quarter
- 10 Defenders played at least 10 minutes and 14 Dordt players saw at least seven minutes of court time
- this was the largest margin of victory for the Defenders against Morningside in the history of the rivalry
- tonight's win was the fourth straight for the Defenders against Morningside
- Dordt earned their second consecutive road win against Morningside, improving to 5-33 in games played against the Mustangs in Sioux City
- Lily Vollertsen led the Mustangs with 19 points, making 6-of-7 field goal attempts
