SPEARFISH, S.D. – The Black Hills State University women’s basketball team compiled 24 steals in a solid defensive showing which led the team to a 72-56 victory over UC-Colorado Springs extending the teams win streak to four in a row.
After the Yellow Jackets fell behind in the first quarter of play 17-19 a strong team effort on both offense and defense throughout the second quarter saw the Yellow Jackets take a strong 42-31 lead in the second quarter that they would not relent throughout the game’s duration.
After halftime, the Mountain Lions came out looking for answers which they were unable to find allowing the Yellow Jackets to compile an additional 20 points compared to their own 13. The fourth quarter saw the Yellow Jacket scoring slow down with the team only putting up 10 points while allowing the Mountain Lions to score 12 of their own to finish out the game with a 16-point lead.
On the night, the Yellow Jackets hit 25-of-68 (36.8 percent) including eight 3-pointers while shooting 25.8 percent from beyond the arc. At the charity stripe, the team shot 77.8 percent (14-of-18). As a team the Yellow Jackets recorded an impressive 24 steals while also compiling 23 defensive rebounds in another outstanding defensive showing.
The Yellow Jackets were again led in scoring by senior Racquel Wientjes who recorded 29 points shooting 9-19 with three 3-pointers and hitting 8-of-9 free throws. The team had two other double-digit scorers with Megan Engesser recording 10 points on the night and Danica Kocer recording 12 points of her own.
Defensively Ashley Davis led the way with six steals followed closely behind by Ashlee Beacom with four steals of her own. Wientjes was also able to record nine defensive rebounds.
Elsewhere, the South Dakota Mines women’s basketball team came up just short Saturday afternoon, falling to Colorado Christian University 76-69 during a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference matchup in Lakewood, Colorado.
