The No. 1 Dordt University women's basketball team reached the century mark for its second consecutive game as they downed Mount Marty 100-64 in a conference match-up played tonight in Yankton, S.D.
The Defenders extend their win streak to seven games and stay unbeaten in the conference at 14-0, 19-1 overall. Dordt swept the season series against Mount Marty, who drops to 1-14 in the league, 5-16 overall.
Gracie Schoonhoven led all players with a career-high 23 points to go with seven rebounds. The freshman made 9-of-10 field goat attempts and extended her streak to 15 consecutive games with 10+ points.
Janie Schoonhoven was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field en route to a 15-point scoring effort and ended one rebound shy of another double-double.
Trading baskets with the Lancers early,
Faith Van Holland put the Defenders in front for good with a three-pointer (7-6) which also initiated a 9-0 run that was finished off with a
Gracie Schoonhoven lay-up for a 13-6 lead. Dordt pushed its advantage to 11 (29-18) by the end of the first quarter.
The host Lancers scored the opening basket of the second period to bring the lead back down to nine. Dordt responded, however, with a 15-1 run and opened up a commanding 44-21 lead after consecutive lay-ups by
Janie Schoonhoven and
Macy Sievers. The Defenders held Mount Marty without a field goal for over five minutes during the decisive run.
Back-to-back three-pointers from
Bailey Beckman and Van Holland triggered another Defenders run as they pushed the lead to 28 (53-25) with 1:35 left in the half. Dordt led 53-28 at the break.
Dordt scored the first 10 points of the third quarter as four different players scored for the Defenders. Consecutive baskets by Beckman followed by transition baskets by
Karly Gustafson,
Janie Schoonhoven and Sievers pushed the lead to 63-28 and force Mount Marty into a timeout. Later, a Sievers steal and lay-up gave the Defenders a 41-point lead (76-35), their largest of the game, with 2:39 left in the third.
Isabelle Ellwein led Mount Marty with 13 points, followed by Kaity Hove and Alexus Motley with 10 points each.
By the Numbers:
- Dordt shot 53% for the game, its seventh game this season above 50%
- the Defenders shot 72% in a third quarter where they outscored the Lancers 29-17
- Dordt, the No.2 rebounding team in the NAIA, held a 42-31 advantage on the boards
- the Defenders totaled 57 points from their bench
- Dordt had a 28-7 advantage in fast-break points
- the Defenders held a 58-26 edge in points in the paint
- Dordt forced the Lancers into 22 turnovers while committing just nine
- this was the seventh game the Defender forced 20+ turnovers
- the Defenders totaled 25 assists, their third highest total of the season
- all 15 Defenders played at least eight minutes and no Defender played more than 19 minutes
Individual Notes:
- Gracie Schoonhoven has scored in double-figures in a team-high 16 games this season; 15 straight
- Gracie's previous career-high in points was 20 vs Northwestern
- Janie Schoonhoven has scored in double figures in 12 games this season
- Janie climbed into 25th place in career scoring (877), passing Lindsey Van Wyk (866)
- Karly Gustafson finished the game with three assists and moved into ninth place all-time with 274, passing Jill Bousema (271)
- Gustafson also moved up to 13th place in career steals with 156, passing Katie Bleeker (155)
- Hayden Heimensen moved up to 50th in career scoring with 630 points, passing both Paige Engbers (629) and Rachel Van Beek (626)
- Macy Sievers moved into a tie for fifth place in career assists (317) with Heather Broekhuis (1997-2001)
- Faith Van Holland moved up to 19th place in career 3pters (69)
