(Dec. 9, 2000)-- GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Theresa LeCuyer (Sr., Anoka, Minn.) scored 24 points and Jenny Boll (So., Crookston, Minn.) scored 20 to lead North Dakota to an 89-59 win over visiting Augustana on Saturday in North Central Conference women's basketball. It was the third time in the past four games that LeCuyer and Boll have scored 20 or more points in the same game. With the win, UND is now 8-0 overall and 2-0 in the NCC. Augustana is 5-3 overall and 1-1 in the NCC.
It was a familiar formula that got the job done for the Sioux, that being a balanced attack that featured five players who scored in double figures for the second night in a row. Janel Palbicki (So., Bloomington, Minn.) scored 11 points off the bench and starters Mandy Arndtson (Sr., Austin, Minn.) and Jenny Hoffner (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.) each scored 10 points.
North Dakota jumped out to a 12-4 lead, but Augustana, which upset North Dakota State on Friday, came within four points of the Sioux at 21-17 with 10:55 to play. That was as close as the Vikings got, however, as the Sioux went on a 13-2 run to lead 34-19 with 7:08 left in the half. UND led 45-34 at intermission, with Boll scoring 16 of her points before the break.
Augustana could only manage four points in the first five minutes of the second half, and UND still only led by 12 at 54-42 with 14:14 to play. But the Sioux outscored the Vikings 25-7 over the next seven minutes to open up a 79-49 lead with 6:30 remaining. LeCuyer scored 10 points during that stretch, and Augustana never came closer than 26 points again.
North Dakota only committed two turnovers in the first half and nine for the game, five of which came in the last seven minutes when the game was well in hand.
LeCuyer had a career-high 15 rebounds--topping her previous career single-game high of 13 that she set twice last season--as the Sioux dominated on the boards, outrebounding the Vikings, 53-31. UND had 26 offensive rebounds and, as a result, fired up 80 field goal attempts--28 more than Augustana's 52 field goal attempts.
LeCuyer's 15 boards were the most by a Sioux player since current coach Kami (Winger) Danner grabbed 17 in the 1999 NCAA championship game on March 20, 1999, against Arkansas Tech.
Tonia Jones (Sr., Thompson, N.D.) had six assists, no turnovers and four steals for the Sioux. Brittani Janssen led Augustana with 14 points.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Augustana vs North Dakota 12/9/00 6 p.m. at Grand Forks, N.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Augustana 5-3, 1-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 12 Tamera Oltmanns..... * 2-11 0-1 2-2 2 3 5 3 6 6 2 0 0 22 22 Nicole Tendler...... * 4-9 2-6 0-0 1 0 1 2 10 1 3 0 0 28 32 Lonna Larson........ * 3-4 1-2 4-4 0 2 2 2 11 0 1 0 0 27 33 Charissa Sheppard... * 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 26 45 Brittani Janssen.... * 6-9 0-0 2-2 0 6 6 2 14 0 2 0 0 28 05 Julie Wheeler....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 20 Katy Linder......... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 25 Brenna Rollie....... 0-2 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 2 15 30 Tresse Klumper...... 2-6 0-1 2-2 0 2 2 0 6 3 2 0 1 19 42 Nina Rozell......... 2-4 0-0 3-8 2 1 3 2 7 1 1 3 0 18 44 Joanna Naumann...... 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 0 2 1 2 1 0 8 TEAM................ 2 1 3 Totals.............. 20-52 3-11 16-22 9 22 31 18 59 13 19 6 3 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd Half: 9-25 36.0% Game: 38.5% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 27.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-11 90.9% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 72.7% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: North Dakota 8-0, 2-0 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 10 Tonia Jones......... * 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 1 2 6 0 0 4 23 24 Jenny Hoffner....... * 4-10 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 3 10 1 1 1 2 24 3 Theresa LeCuyer..... * 9-21 0-1 6-6 7 8 15 2 24 3 1 0 2 25 43 Mandy Arndtson...... * 3-7 1-1 3-4 4 4 8 1 10 4 2 0 0 28 44 Jenny Boll.......... * 10-16 0-1 0-0 5 4 9 2 20 0 1 2 0 25 20 Annie Leake......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 Marisa Leighton..... 1-5 0-1 3-4 1 2 3 3 5 0 1 0 3 15 22 Becky Moen.......... 2-6 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 17 23 Megan Pick.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 30 Tara Zoanni......... 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 41 Kristi Kilander..... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 Tamar Elias......... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 55 Janel Palbicki...... 3-7 0-0 5-6 3 3 6 4 11 1 0 0 1 15 TEAM................ 1 2 3 Totals.............. 34-80 3-10 18-22 26 27 53 19 89 17 8 3 12 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 19-45 42.2% 2nd Half: 15-35 42.9% Game: 42.5% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 30.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 13-16 81.2% Game: 81.8% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: David Johnson, Mary Kapitan, Brian Ryken Technical fouls: Augustana-None. North Dakota-None. Attendance: 2590 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Augustana..................... 34 25 - 59 North Dakota.................. 45 44 - 89