Notables
-Hurley and Broberg score career-highs
-Crown had two players combine to score 65 of the team's 86 points.
-Bench Points: CSS-23, Crown 11
-CSS had won all 43 previous meetings over the Storm
ST. BONIFACIUS, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team could not hold on to its halftime lead as former conference member Crown College shot 61% from the floor in the third quarter and held off the Saints in the fourth to win 86-76 Wednesday night.
How It Happened
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Karli Nixon (Deerwood, Minn./Crosby-Ironton HS) 3-pointer gave the Saints an early 10-5 advantage. CSS led at the end of the first quarter by a score of 23-19. Nixon had 10 points in the period for the Saints.
The Storm (1-0) took a two-point lead midway through the second quarter when the Saints went on a 7-0 run with four points coming from
Miranda Broberg (Milaca, Minn./Milaca HS (UW-Superior)). CSS led by as much as six before going into halftime with a 43-42 lead.
Nixon had 17 points in the first half in her St. Scholastica debut.
Layups by
Megan Hurley (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) and
Amelia Zmuda (Saint Anthony, Minn./Saint Anthony Village HS) to begin the second half gave the Saints a 47-42 advantage. However, CSS would make just two more field goals the rest of the quarter as the Storm went 11-for-17 from the floor and took a 70-58 lead into the fourth period.
Nixon tried to get the Saints back in it with a pair of layups to open the final quarter.
Eve Turner (Side Lake, Minn./Hibbing HS) got the deficit down to seven in the final two minutes, but CSS did not get any closer in an 86-76 loss to the Storm.
Top Performers
Nixon finished with 21 points in 25 minutes of action in her collegiate debut. Hurley added a career-high 16 points and nine rebounds. Zmuda and Broberg added 12 points each. For Broberg that was also a career-high.
Dominique Urbina scored 45 points for the Storm, while McKenzie Latzke added 20 points.
Up Next
The Saints will be at former conference foe University of Northwestern (Minn.) on Saturday. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.
