Mitchell, S.D. – The #21 Dakota Wesleyan Tigers defeated the Saints of Presentation College 72-35. The Tigers were led by Lacey Sprakel who scored a career-high 23 points in the contest to go with seven rebounds and two assists. Sprakel shot 9-10 from the floor and a perfect 5-5 at the free throw line. Jada Campbell added 17 points of her own in the game. DWU improves to 8-3 on the season while the Saints fall to 1-10.
Highlighted Player– Lacey Sprakel 23 points 7 rebounds 9-10 FG
Stat Leaders:
Points – Lacey Sprakel (23)
Assists – Matti Reiner, Morgan Edelman, Isabel Ihnen (4)
Rebounds – Morgan Edelman (8)
Blocks – Aspen Hansen (2)
Steals – Isabel Ihnen (3)
Recap –
The Tigers grabbed the 72-35 win, dominating the points in the paint 50 to the Saints 20. DWU also took advantage of PC mistakes scoring 21 points off of turnovers in the contest. Dakota Wesleyan all day went to Campbell and Sprakel inside, exploiting the at times undersized Saint players that couldn't match Sprakel and Campbell's physicality inside. The Tigers were also extremely active on the boards grabbing a staggering 50 rebounds in the contest with almost half of them coming on the offensive side (22). Sprakel's 23 points set a new career-high for the sophomore forward.
The Tigers suffocating defense was on full display today, forcing 23 Saint turnovers and only giving up 10, 6, 11 and 8 points in each quarter. DWU held PC to a mere 28.8 percent shooting from the floor and 12.5 percent from behind the arc. Dakota Wesleyan had their own troubles behind the arc going 1-8 in the contest with the lone bucket coming from Reiner.
DWU had 10 different players get in on the scoring showing the ball movement and finding the open shot. Of the 29 made field goals the Tigers assisted on 19 of those for a 66% assist-made field goal rate for the game. Dakota Wesleyan got a lot of help from the bench scoring 39 of the 72 points. Sprakel was alone responsible for 23 of those 39 points. The Tigers won each quarter with the biggest margin being in the second quarter outscoring the Saints 20-6. DWU scored 20 points in each of the first three quarters, but then hit a cold spell in the fourth, only recording 12 points.
Head-to-Head (Presentation College)
- DWU is 18-0 all-time against PC with today's win.
- Last time the two teams met was November 6th, 2022 with the Tigers walking away with the 91-31 win. Tying their biggest winning margin of the season in the 60-point win.
Up Next
- Dakota Wesleyan women's basketball next travel to California to face off against Antelope Valley (12/30/22) and (RV) The Master's (12/31/22). The Tigers return to GPAC play in the new year against No. 22 Briar Cliff January 4th, 2023 with tipoff set for 6:00 p.m.