The Dordt women's basketball team defeated the Midland Warriors with an 82-48 decision in Fremont, Nebraska on Saturday afternoon. The Defenders remain unbeaten this season and improve to 19-0 overall and 13-0 in conference play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Willow Bleeker opened the scoring with a three pointer on the first possession of the game but Ellie Bovaird scored on a layup to answer. Both teams played a close first quarter as the Defenders held on to a narrow 9-7 lead at the 6:53 mark after
Olivia Harazin scored. Midland's Erin Foxhall, answered with a layup of her own. Dordt finished the first quarter on a 12-7 run capped off by a
Gracie Schoonhoven layup. Dordt took a 21-14 lead into the second quarter.
The Defenders began to pull away as
Janie Van Donge hit a pair of free throws,
Olivia Harazin scored on a layup, and
Willow Bleeker hit her second three of the afternoon. Dordt held a steady lead for the rest of the of the quarter, outscoring Midland 16-8 capped off by a
Macy Sievers floater at the buzzer. Dordt entered the break with a 41-24 lead. Dordt held Midland to just 1-8 from the field but allowed them go 8-10 from the charity stripe in the second quarter.
Janie Van Donge scored back-to-back layups to start the third quarter. Dordt would slowly increase their lead and would go on a 10-0 run to end the third after
Willow Bleeker knocked in a three as time expired and the Defenders took a 66-34 lead.
Taylor Drent and
Gracie Schoonhoven opened up the fourth with a pair of layups. Neither team scored for the next two minutes until
Ellie Lems hit a free throw and
Kaylee Davis hit a jumper to make the score 73-36. The Defenders salted away the rest of the quarter to secure an 82-48 win.
The Defenders improved their record to 19-0 overall and 13-0 in conference play and remains a top the GPAC standings while Midland falls to 2-17 overall and 2-11 in conference play.
Dordt's next game will be on Wednesday, January 22 where they will face No. 5 Briar Cliff in the De Witt Gym. Tip off is scheduled for 6 pm.
By the numbers:
- Dordt shot 31-70 (44.3%) from the field, 8-24 (33.3%) from three, and 12-15 (80%) from the free throw line
- Midland shot 16-53 (30.2%) from the field, 4-13 (30.8%) from three, and 12-14 (85.7%) from the free throw line
- Gracie Schoonhoven: 20 points | 2 assists | 4 rebounds
- Janie Van Donge: 12 points | 2 assists | 12 rebounds
- Willow Bleeker: 12 points | 4-7 3PT | 1 steal
- Macy Sievers: 7 points | 7 assists | 8 rebounds
- Olivia Harazin: 6 points | 4 assists | 3 rebounds
- Ellie Lems: 5 points | 1 assist | 5 rebounds
- Taylor Drent: 6 points | 2 assists | 6 rebounds
- Dordt saw 13 players see at least six minutes of playing time and ten players record points
- Dordt allowed only five Warriors to score
- Erin Foxhall (17 pts), Jenna Weber (17 pts), Ellie Bovaird (4 pts), Leah Redding (8 pts), KD-Anna Petersen (2 pts)
- This is the fourth straight game that Dordt has allowed under 60 points
