ST. CLOUD, Minn. — St. Cloud State forward Christine Williamson scored 22 points and Huskies’ forward Tina Schreiner added 11 points to lead St. Cloud State to a 66-55 win over the No. 1-ranked UND women’s basketball team on Friday at Halenbeck Hall.
It was the first loss of the season for the Fighting Sioux (15-1 overall, 7-1 North Central Conference) and allowed St. Cloud State (13-3, 6-2) to move within one game of first-place UND in the conference standings.
St. Cloud State shot 49.1 percent from the field (26-of-53),while holding UND to 34.4 percent shooting from the field (20-of-63). The Huskies outrebounded the Sioux, 43-36.
St. Cloud State, which led 26-25 at the half, extended its lead to 34-27 in the second half, but North Dakota went on a 12-4 run and led 39-38 with 12:29 to play in the game. Two free throws by UND’s Marisa Leighton (Fr., Minnetonka, Minn.) gave UND the lead.
The Sioux lead was short-lived, however, as Schreiner scored 17 seconds after Leighton’s free throws to get St. Cloud State the lead back at 40-39. The Huskies built the margin to seven points (48-41) with 9:27 remaining and never relinquished the lead again.
The closest UND came to St. Cloud State in the final five minutes was six points (58-52) with 3:57 to play after Sioux sophomore Becky Moen (Morris, Minn.) hit three-pointers on back-to-back possessions.
St. Cloud State extended its lead to 12 with 1:47 left and the Sioux never got closer than 10 points again.
Moen led UND with 13 points in the game. Mandy Arndtson (Sr., Austin, Minn.) had 11 points for North Dakota.
The Sioux travel to Mankato to face Minnesota State, Mankato on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Mavericks lost, 80-53, to North Dakota State on Friday.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS North Dakota vs St. Cloud State Univ 1/19/01 6:00 pm at Halenbeck Hall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: North Dakota 15-1, 7-1 NCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 03 Theresa LeCuyer..... f 1-6 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 3 3 2 3 0 2 22 43 Mandy Arndtson...... f 4-13 1-4 2-4 3 1 4 3 11 1 4 1 3 35 44 Jenny Boll.......... c 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 3 4 2 3 0 1 20 10 Tonia Jones......... g 4-8 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 8 4 2 0 4 35 24 Jenny Hoffner....... g 1-8 0-7 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 22 20 Annie Leake......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 Marisa Leighton..... 1-4 0-2 2-2 1 4 5 3 4 1 2 0 0 19 22 Becky Moen.......... 4-14 3-7 2-2 0 0 0 1 13 0 2 0 1 25 23 Megan Pick.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 Tara Zoanni......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 41 Kristin Kilander.... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 55 Janel Palbicki...... 3-3 0-0 2-4 3 4 7 2 8 0 1 1 0 18 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 20-63 4-21 11-16 13 23 36 21 55 10 18 2 11 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd Half: 9-31 29.0% Game: 31.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-7 0.0% 2nd Half: 4-14 28.6% Game: 19.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 68.8% 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: St. Cloud State Univ 13-3, 6-2 NCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 42 Christine Williamson f 9-20 1-3 3-5 5 8 13 3 22 4 6 1 3 34 43 Tina Schreiner...... f 7-9 1-2 2-4 1 10 11 3 17 1 4 1 3 37 45 Jenny Peterson...... c 3-7 0-0 1-6 5 3 8 3 7 0 4 1 1 31 11 Nicole Persby....... g 5-9 0-3 2-4 0 1 1 3 12 8 3 1 2 35 32 Jessica Abrahams.... g 2-4 0-0 2-2 0 5 5 1 6 6 4 0 2 28 10 Emily Anderson...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 Celestine Frank..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 Andrea Shogren...... 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 21 25 Emily Holmquist..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 Sarah Thompson...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 Tracy Melham........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 Jonelle Streed...... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 52 Leah Thomsen........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 TEAM................ 3 3 2 Totals.............. 26-53 2-9 12-23 12 31 43 15 66 20 24 4 11 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd Half: 16-29 55.2% Game: 49.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 22.2% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 8-16 50.0% Game: 52.2% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Ref-- Vicki Barron UpI- Jon McLean UpII- David Johnson Technical fouls: North Dakota-BENCH. St. Cloud State Univ-None. Attendance: 1759 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total North Dakota.................. 25 30 - 55 St. Cloud State Univ.......... 26 40 - 66 UND is ranked No. 1 in the North Central Region; SCSU is 4th. UND is first in the latest nationwide poll. Nicole Persby now stands in 4th place in SCSU career assists. Tonight's Husky Hotshot Manager is Kelsey Saurer.