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Monday, 1.23.12 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net sports PRESS DAKOTAN SPORTS DEPARTMENT: [email protected] 11 Coyote Women Bounce Western Illinois BY KEITH A. BROCKBERG ing.” P&D Correspondent “It was neck and neck at one point, but we knew what we had to VERMILLION — The University do,” Wilson said as the Leather- Lancer Women of South Dakota Coyotes returned necks’ position on top was short- to the DakotaDome from an emo- lived. tionally draining road trip at North Wilson, who remained hot, hung Win At Midland Dakota State and newly reinstated in the lane against contact and got FREMONT, Neb. — The Mount rival South Dakota State, finding a short jumper to fall, taking back Marty College women’s basketball themselves at 2-5 and occupying the lead for the ‘Yotes. team gave up the game’s first bas- 9th place in the Summit League Jodie Boss, who leads the Sum- ket, then never trailed again in a standings. mit League with a 55.9-percent field-goal percentage, scored her 72-63 victory over Midland in With a chance to move up with Great Plains Athletic Conference a pair of home games, the Coyotes first points of the game with a 3- responded to the losses at NDSU point play for a 49-45 lead with action Saturday. and SDSU by beating the Western 15:01 left. MMC (12-9, 7-6 GPAC) had five Illinois Leathernecks 78-57 Satur- Webb made one of two free players in double figures, led by day afternoon. throws, to slightly stem USD’s tide, 14 points each from Taylor “All those kids who didn’t shoot but Wilson went back to the lane Forsch and Kylie Gross, with well at South Dakota State shot and forced another short jumper Gross also contributing seven re- well today,” USD head coach Ryun through the hole. bounds. Alexa Berg netted 13 Williams said. “It was neat to see Boss added two more free points. Kaylea Karst scored 11 them respond that way.” throws and freshman Kelly Stewart points off the bench. Hannah Brittany Demery gave the scored from downtown, and the Youngberg added 10 points. Leathernecks a quick 10-6 lead Coyote lead was back to double- Jamilah Johnson led Midland with a pair of 3-pointers and two digits at 56-46 with 11:29 to play. (7-15, 0-13 GPAC) with a game- free throws. Demery scored on a jumper, high 17 points. Jami Thramer had Tempestt Wilson asserted her- keeping the Leathernecks in the 16 points and nine rebounds. self as the half’s hot shooter by hunt, trailing 57-50, but Wilson Gross’ three-point play started dropping in back-to-back treys, stuck another trey and the Coyotes an 11-0 run that put MMC in con- putting the Coyotes ahead 12-10. never looked back. trol. A 7-0 run late in the first half Amber Hegge added an old- Boss continued on with her eight-of-nine free-throw shooting lifted the Lancers to a 41-28 half- school 3-point play and a baseline time edge. drive for a bucket as the Coyotes half and Roche and Yackley added were on their way to a 21-2 run. 3-pointers as the Coyotes built a In the second half, MMC led by Wilson and Annie Roche, the 72-55 lead and went on to the 78-57 as many as 15, 51-36, before a 16-4 latest Coyote to join the 1,000- win. run by the Warriors pulled Mid- point scoring club, added 3-point- Led by Boss and Wilson, USD re- land to within three, 55-52. ers as Wilson, who was 3-3 from tracted the game with Hegge on Mount Marty answered with a downtown with 13 points at the the bench. The senior backbone of 13-4 surge to put the game out of half, moved in for a jumper and a the Coyotes picked up a pair of reach. 27-12 Coyote lead. fouls five seconds apart early in MMC will look to win a third The Leathernecks trimmed the second half and had to sit after straight game when it hosts USD’s lead to single digits, 37-28, as picking up her fourth personal with Dakota Wesleyan Wednesday. 14:17 to play. MOUNT MARTY (12-9, 7-6 GPAC) Saula Kontautaite scored off a Coy- Johanna Scheich 0-2 0-1 0, Alexa Berg 4-8 2-4 13, Taylor ote turnover. Hegge returned but was score- Forsch 4-13 2-2 14, Hannah Youngberg 4-8 0-0 10, Kylie Gross Alexis Yackley was 4-4 from the less in the half, but Wilson, Boss, 5-10 3-5 14, April Winne 2-3 4-4 8, Kaylea Karst 2-4 6-6 11, Alli- son DeKam 0-2 0-0 0, Brittany Little 1-1 0-0 2, Holly Hegge 0-0 free-throw line in the final 1:33 of Roche and Yackley picked up the 0-0 0. TOTALS: 22-51 17-22 72. the half to give USD a 41-30 bulge slack. MIDLAND (7-15, 0-13 GPAC) Kristen Cameron 2-4 2-4 6, Sammy Hilsop 4-9 0-0 8, Jami at the break. “Tempestt and Jodie were ex- Thramer 8-11 0-0 16, Jamilah Johnson 6-8 2-3 17, Danielle The tide turned with half, and ceptional today – especially when Stephan 2-8 0-0 4, Mackenzie Pemberton 2-6 0-0 5, Shaylyn Amber went to the bench.” Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Darien Moon 3-7 0-0 7, Shelby Rupprecht 0-2 0- the Leathernecks were charging. 0 0, Erin DeBolt 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 27-56 4-7 63. Western Illinois pulled to within Williams said. At the half: MMC 41, MU 28. Three-Pointers: MMC 11-23 44-36 on a drive from Rebecca Hen- “Obviously when your best (Forsch 4-8, Berg 3-6, Youngberg 2-4, Gross 1-1, Karst 1-2, Scheich 0-2), MU 5-17 (Johnson 3-5, Pemberton 1-2, Moon 1-4, ricson and 3-pointers from Kontau- player and top scorer goes out, Cameron 0-1, Hislop 0-3). Rebounds: MU 35 (Thramer 9), MMC taite, Sadie Webb and Michele somebody has to step up and it 27 (Gross 7). Assists: MU 14 (Moon 4), MMC 13 (Forsch 4). Turnovers: MU 16, MMC 11. Blocked Shots: MMC 2, MU 0. Salvatori completely evaporated can’t be just one player,” Roche Steals: MMC 6 (Berg 2), MU 4. the deficit and put the Leather- said. “The whole team responded.” necks in front 45-44 at the 15:51 Coming off a 19-point game in Men’s Games mark. Brookings that kept the Coyotes MIDLAND 83, MOUNT MARTY 51: FRE- “We were thinking a lot of within reach of the league-leading MONT, Neb. — Midland jumped out to a 17-4 things then; the first five minutes Jacks, Wilson finished with a season- lead and took off from there, beating Mount of the half and we wanted to cap- high 22 points, continuing her knack Marty 83-51 in Great Plains Athletic Conference ture their spirit but we didn’t do of having great shooting nights men’s basketball action Saturday. when the ‘Yotes really need her. DAVID LIAS/VERMILLION PLAIN TALK Ben Imig led Midland with 11 points and that,” Williams said of the Western seven assists. Donald Jones and Alex Knobbe Illinois surge. “They went on a 15-5 South Dakota guard Alexis Yackley slices through the Western Illinois defense for a shot during their Summit each had 10 points in the win. run and we tightened up a bit; League women’s basketball game Saturday at the DakotaDome. USD pulled away in the second half for a 78-57 Mitch Ackelson led Mount Marty with 10 things got a little bit nerve-rack- COYOTES | PAGE 12 victory. USD hosts Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI) today (Monday). points and six rebounds. Spencer Yackley added eight points. Mount Marty, 9-11 and 5-8 in the GPAC, will look to bounce back when it hosts Dakota Wes- leyan Saturday. MOUNT MARTY (9-11, 5-8 GPAC) Boys’ Basketball: Bucks Roll Past Rapid City Central Will Eddie 3-6 0-0 7, Mitch Ackelson 4-6 2-6 10, Tom Kahler 0-1 2-2 2, Chevy Fischer 1-3 2-4 5, Spencer Yackley 2-5 4-6 8, FROM P&D STAFF REPORTS hole and making shots, so we de- For TDA, Payer had 22 points on 10-14 shooting, and Chris Richardson 0-2 2-2, Scott Oderkirk 1-1 3-6 5, Tyler Payer grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds. Fink had 14 points and 0-0 0-0 0, Joe Hieb 1-8 3-4 5, Jeff Larsen 0-0 0-0 0, Zach Wevik cided to switch to a 3-2 zone.” seven assists. 0-0 0-0 0, Hayden Barker 0-0 0-0 0, Anthony Rutledge 0-0 1-2 1, NOTE: Joe Kavnaugh of the Yankton got a game-high 16 Castlewood, 8-3, travels to Toronto to face Deubrook Jeff Viereck 2-4 2-3 6. TOTALS: 14-36 21-35 51. Rapid City Journal contributed to points from Bryan Youngberg. Area Jan. 28. TDA, 9-3, travels to Wagner today (Mon- Cobblers Upend Gazelles 47-45 MIDLAND (13-8, 8-5 GPAC) day). FROM P&D STAFF REPORTS Ben Imig 3-5 4-4 11, Donald Jones 4-6 2-2 10, Alex Knobbe this article.