Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan women's basketball squad grabbed the 73-41 win over Mount Marty University. Jada Campbell recorded her 1,000 point at DWU in the second quarter of the game and finished with 11 points and 6 rebounds. Matti Reiner had a double-double and Isabel Ihnen led with her 17 points. DWU improves to 12-5 (6-5 GPAC) while the Lancers fall to 5-14 (2-11 GPAC).
Highlighted Player– Jada Campbell 11 points 6 rebounds 2 steals (1,000 DWU point)
Stat Leaders:
Points – Isabel Ihnen (17)
Assists – Matti Reiner & Isabel Ihnen (5)
Rebounds – Matti Reiner (10)
Blocks – Matti Reiner & Rynn Osthus (1)
Steals –Mya Wilson (5)
Recap –
First quarter of action was the Isabel Ihnen show collecting 10 of the 19 total points in the quarter by herself. Ihnen did it around the rim and from deep. Jada Campbell, in her pursuit of her 1,000 point at DWU got a layup to go but would have to wait till later in the game only collecting two points in the quarter and needing that third point for her 1,000. At the four-minute mark Christensen made a line change with the starters similar to the last game. Again, the bench struggled to find the bottom of the net, going scoreless in the closing four minutes for a 19-12 DWU lead heading to the second.
At the 8:32 mark Campbell got a great feed from Reiner and got the layup to go for her 1,000 point at DWU. This was Campbell's 1,685 collegiate point with her collecting 685 points at Presentation College before coming to Dakota Wesleyan. The second quarter was all Tigers winning the quarter 24-7 for yet another quarter holding an opponent under 10 points. The Tiger defense was suffocating the entire quarter forcing 11 Lancer turnovers in the quarter alone. Mya Wilson had the active hands going grabbing five steals and causing all kinds of problems for the MMU offense. Dakota Wesleyan headed to halftime with a 43-19 lead.
That defense carried over to the third quarter holding the Lancers scoreless in the first five minutes with having active hands in passing lanes and making it hard on Mount Marty ball handlers and contesting every shot attempt. The DWU offense also struggled in the quarter, scoring 15 points and being held scoreless in the first five-minutes. Sprakel and Reiner got the Tigers going and did most of the damage with Reiner scoring or assisting on 9 of the 15 points and Sprakel scoring 6 points. DWU had a 58-29 lead heading to the final quarter.
The four quarter had both squads struggling again on the offensive side with DWU winning the quarter 15-12. Mount Marty ended the game with 28 turnovers with 16 being in the first half and 12 in the second half. The Lancers had no answer for the physical play the Tigers brought on the defensive side of the floor, where as a lot of the Tigers 16 turnovers was due to miscommunication and bad passes. Ihnen led all scorers with 17, closely followed by Sprakel pouring in 16 points off the bench. Reiner recorded a double-double with her 14 points and 10 rebounds while also adding five assists. Dakota Wesleyan recorded 15 steals with Wilson recording a career-high five steals in the contest.
Head-to-Head (Mount Marty)
- DWU is now 38-46 all-time against MMU with today's win.
- Dakota Wesleyan now rides a 15-game winning streak against the Lancers dating back to their last loss on 1/27/16 when they fell 60-52. The Tigers are winning by a 22.1-point margin during that span.
Up Next
- Dakota Wesleyan women's basketball hits the road for their back-to-back games against Hastings (1/20/23) and Doane (1/21/23) with tipoff at 5:00 p.m. for the Hastings game and 1:00 p.m. for the Doane matchup.
