DCC Women’s Basketball Take Care of Business at Home
(pictured: Samantha Jenkins)
The Lady Buccaneers improved to 9-6 in conference and 15-8 overall by defeating United Tribes Technical College 73-42.
Short-handed due to injuries, the Lady Bucs still managed to outscore the Lady Thunderbirds 32-16 in the paint and 23-4 off the bench. Every player who suited up for Dawson tallied points in the scorebook. Eva Kingston led the game with 18 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. Brianna Bergum pumped in 13 points, and also had 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Sam Jenkins came off the bench to add 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Hailee Brandon chipped in 11 points and collected 6 rebounds.
“It was a very good team win. They responded well, bouncing back with an outstanding 80% from the free throw line,” said Dawson Coach Romeo Lagmay, Jr. “I was really glad to see all of our players come together playing defense, scoring and rebounding. We’re currently hurting depth wise, but they have been trained to mentally overcome almost any and all obstacles from keeping them to play tough and smart consistently.”
Dawson also edged their opponents 12-6 in 2nd chance opportunities. The red and black attack outmatched United Tribes, outrebounding them 42-30 and had a total of 20 assists.
Tyleigh Brady had a team high 10 rebounds for the Thunderbirds.
Dawson will play the current #1 team in the conference when North Dakota State College of Science visits the Toepke Center on Monday night at 5:30 pm.
