No.1 Dordt University matched its best start in program history with a huge 103-54 road win over Waldorf in a Great Plains Athletic Conference women's basketball match-up played tonight at the Hansen Fieldhouse in Forest City, Iowa.
The Defenders improve to 10-0 in the GPAC, maintaining a full two-game lead in the current conference standings, 16-0 overall while matching the best start in program history (16-0 in 2022-23). Waldorf drops to 2-8 in the conference, 4-11 overall.
How it Happened:
- Dordt scored the first nine points of the game and never trailed against the Warriors
- four different Defenders scored during the 9-0 run, finished off by a Willow Bleeker three-pointer
- after Waldorf cut the Dordt lead down to four (10-6), the Defenders closed the first quarter on an 8-2 run for an 18-8 lead
- Dordt went on an 11-0 run and missed just two field goal attempts in outscoring Waldorf 35-11 in the second quarter
- the Defenders led 53-19 at the half, opened up a 40+ point lead at the 5:22 mark of the third and a 50-point lead by the end of the quarter
By the Numbers:
- the Defenders shot a season-best 60% from the field, 54% from the 3-point line (15 / 28)
- Waldorf shot 31% from the field, 18% (4 / 22) from the 3-point line
- the Defenders matched its season-best in rebound margin, holding a 52-25 edge on the boards
- Dordt totaled 12 steals and committed 17 turnovers
- four Defenders scored in double figures and 14 different players scored at least two points
- all 16 Defenders played at least six minutes and no Dordt player totaled more than 22 minutes
- Gracie Schoonhoven scored 14 points, converting on 7-of-9 field goal attempts
- Olivia Harazin netted 13 points, going a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the arc
- both Macy Sievers and Janie Van Donge poured in 12 points each
- Brooke Smith scored a career-high nine points, making good on 3-of-4 three-point attempts
- Sievers dished out 11 assists
- Brooke Dial netted a game-high 28 points and was the only Waldorf player to score in double figures
Defender Notes:
- Dordt scored 100-plus points for the third time this season
- Dordt shot a season-best 60% (previous best was 59% vs Mount Marty)
- the Defenders made 15 three-pointers, tied for the second most this season (Doane - 15)
- made a school record 20 vs Mount Marty
- this was the sixth game the Defenders made 10-plus three-pointers
- Dordt's six attempted free throws was a season-low
- the Defenders outrebounded its opponent for the 15th time this season
- Dordt has posted double-digit steals in six consecutive games
- Gracie Schoonhoven has scored in double figures in all six of her games played
- Harazin scored in double figures for the 10th time this season
- Sievers tallied her seventh double-double of the season (her third points + assists)
- Sievers scored in double figures in her team-leading 15th game this season
- Van Donge reached double figures for the 14th time and missed a double-double by one rebound
