Feb. 9, 2001
SIOUX CITY, Iowa—The second-ranked UND women held Morningside scoreless for the first 4:45 of the game while jumping out to a 12-2 lead and went on to defeat the Mustangs, 86-61, in NCC women’s basketball on Friday.
UND is now 20-1 overall and 12-1 in the NCC. Morningside fell to 4-18 overall and 1-13 in the NCC.
Five Sioux scored in double figures. Forwards Theresa LeCuyer (Sr., Anoka, Minn.) and Mandy Arndtson (Sr., Austin, Minn.) each scored 19 points to lead UND. Arndtson made a season-high five three-point field goals in the game, and as a team, the Sioux made a season-best 11 threes. UND made 11-of-26 threes (42.3 percent).
UND’s Becky Moen (So., Morris, Minn.) tied a career best with 14 points, while Jenny Hoffner (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) had 11 points and Jenny Boll (So., Crookston, Minn.) added 10 points.
North Dakota led 46-17 at the half as a result of solid shooting and a smothering defense that held Morningside to 25.9 percent shooting from the field (7-of-27). The Sioux forced the Mustangs into 12 first-half turnovers while committing just six turnovers themselves.
UND shot 45.9 percent from the field in the first half (17-of-37), including 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from three-point range.
The big first-half lead enabled North Dakota head coach Gene Roebuck to play his entire bench in the second half, and at one point, all five of UND’s first-year players were in the game at one time. That group includes Marisa Leighton (Minnetonka, Minn.); Tara Zoanni (Conrad, Mont.); Tamar Elias (Fargo, N.D.); Kristi Kilander (Fargo, N.D.) and Annie Leake (Grand Forks, N.D.).
Morningside was led by Trish Martin with 16 points.
UND will play at South Dakota on Saturday at 6 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS North Dakota vs Morningside College 2/9/01 6 p.m. at Sioux City, IA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: North Dakota 20-1, 12-1 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..... * 7-13 1-2 4-4 4 3 7 2 19 2 1 0 2 26 10 Tonia Jones......... * 1-5 1-2 1-2 2 0 2 3 4 6 1 0 1 22 24 Jenny Hoffner....... * 4-10 2-8 1-2 1 2 3 0 11 1 2 0 0 23 43 Mandy Arndtson...... * 6-13 5-9 2-2 2 8 10 3 19 1 2 0 2 24 44 Jenny Boll.......... * 4-7 0-0 2-4 5 4 9 2 10 1 1 0 2 22 05 Tamar Elias......... 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 20 Annie Leake......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 Marisa Leighton..... 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 16 22 Becky Moen.......... 6-15 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 0 14 0 1 0 1 17 23 Megan Pick.......... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 16 30 Tara Zoanni......... 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 7 41 Kristin Kilander.... 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 55 Janel Palbicki...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 0 14 Team................ 3 2 5 Totals.............. 31-75 11-26 13-21 23 27 50 21 86 16 15 3 11 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 31-75 41.3% Game: 41.3% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 11-26 42.3% Game: 42.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 13-21 61.9% Game: 61.9% 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Morningside College 4-18, 1-14 NCC TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 Trish Martin........ * 6-9 0-0 4-4 6 4 10 0 16 1 3 1 1 30 20 Danika Okerstrom.... * 2-9 0-3 2-2 0 8 8 5 6 2 5 2 2 32 23 Erica Thein......... * 2-11 0-4 2-4 1 2 3 0 6 4 4 0 1 34 34 Bridget Gollihare... * 1-2 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 8 42 Katie Bolton........ * 5-7 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 4 10 0 2 0 2 20 10 Kelli McGill........ 0-1 0-0 3-5 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 12 22 Jessica Huff........ 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 24 Katie Lokken........ 5-12 3-6 0-0 2 4 6 4 13 0 1 1 0 30 30 Sydney LeFlore...... 0-1 0-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 44 Beth Giesen......... 1-5 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 55 Libby Remmers....... 0-4 0-2 1-2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 13 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 22-62 3-17 14-21 17 25 42 17 61 8 21 4 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 22-62 35.5% Game: 35.5% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 3-17 17.6% Game: 17.6% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 14-21 66.7% Game: 66.7% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Dave Stevens, Brenda Holmgren, Frank Kopetka Technical fouls: North Dakota-None. Morningside College-None. Attendance: 350 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total North Dakota.................. 46 40 - 86 Morningside College........... 17 44 - 61