Feb. 8, 2002
Grand Forks, ND — University of North Dakota sophomore Marisa Leighton scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Fighting Sioux women's basketball team to a 102-59 victory over Morningside on Friday night at Hyslop Sports Center in Grand Forks. The 6-0 forward hit 8 of 10 shots from the field and all eight of her free throw attempts. She also added six assists, four rebounds and matched career highs with four steals and two blocked shots. All 11 UND players scored in the game, with five players finishing in double figures, as the Sioux shot 55.1 percent for the game. North Dakota improved to 17-4 overall, 9-4 in the NCC. Morningside fell to 6-16, 2-12 in league play.
Junior Becky Moen added 19 points and a career-high five steals for the Sioux, with junior Trish Fleming adding 14 points, sophomore Mary Perrizo 13 points and junior Jenny Boll 11 points. Junior Megan Pick finished with a career-high seven assists in 19 minutes off the bench, while freshman Chelsea Hausauer, getting her third career start for defensive and rebounding purposes, grabbed a game-high seven rebounds in 18 minutes of action.
North Dakota never trailed in the game and led by double figures for over 32 minutes of the contest. Boll got the Sioux rolling early when she hit a jumper to put the Sioux up 2-0 24 seconds into the game. Moen hit a 3-pointer and Leighton scored on a driving layup and the Sioux had a 7-0 lead at the 18 minute mark. Morningside battled back to close the gap to 14-10, but UND went on a 16-0 run over the next six minutes to go up 30-10. Five Sioux players scored in the run, highlighted by Fleming's two 3-point shots.
North Dakota led 46-29 at the half. Leighton and Boll led UND with 10 first-half points apiece.
UND scored the first three points of the second half on a Perrizo 3-point shot and gradually built its lead to a game-high 43 points with 18 seconds to play on a Fleming layup.
The Sioux hit 38 of 69 shots for the game and connected on 11 of 21 3-point field goals, a season-high 52.4 percent from beyond the stripe. Of the 38 field goals, 28 of them came with assists, a total which matched a season high.
North Dakota held Morningside to 38.0 percent (19x50) shooting for the game. The Mustangs were led by Erica Thein, who finished with 18 points and four rebounds.
The 102 points marked the third time this season North Dakota has cracked the century mark. The Sioux scored 100 points in a 100-62 home victory over Nebraska-Omaha in December and 103 in a 103-77 road victory at Morningside on Jan. 12.
North Dakota will be back in action on Saturday night when the Sioux try to get revenge against one of the three teams to defeat them this season, South Dakota. The Coyotes were a 66-64 winner at North Dakota State on Friday night.
Official Basketball Box Score
Morningside vs North Dakota
2/8/02 6 p.m. at Grand Forks, N.D. - Hyslop Sports Center
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VISITORS: Morningside 6-16, 2-12 NCC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
05 Mindy Durant........ * 3-12 0-2 4-4 2 2 4 2 10 4 2 0 1 31
20 Brittany Carper..... * 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 4 5 4 4 0 0 35
22 Megan Cloud......... * 4-8 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 4 9 2 6 0 1 31
23 Erica Thein......... * 5-11 1-1 7-8 1 3 4 1 18 1 2 0 0 33
24 Katie Lokken........ * 2-4 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 1 6 2 7 0 0 21
32 Nickie Rotert....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
34 Lori Van Meeteren... 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 1 4 1 1 0 2 18
40 Abbey Williams...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
42 Katie Bolton........ 2-6 1-1 2-2 0 2 2 3 7 0 1 0 1 21
50 Amber Wiertzma...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Team................ 2 2 4
Totals.............. 19-50 5-16 16-18 6 17 23 18 59 14 23 0 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd Half: 9-26 34.6% Game: 38.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 31.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 10-10 100 % Game: 88.9% 1
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HOME TEAM: North Dakota 17-4, 9-4 NCC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Mary Perrizo........ * 3-6 3-5 4-4 0 5 5 1 13 1 0 0 2 21
15 Chelsea Hausauer.... * 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 3 2 4 0 1 0 18
21 Marisa Leighton..... * 8-10 0-0 8-8 1 3 4 2 24 6 3 2 4 23
22 Becky Moen.......... * 8-15 2-5 1-2 1 2 3 3 19 4 0 0 5 26
44 Jenny Boll.......... * 5-10 0-1 1-2 2 3 5 2 11 5 3 1 1 28
23 Megan Pick.......... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 7 1 0 1 19
25 Trish Fleming....... 6-11 2-4 0-0 2 3 5 2 14 1 3 0 0 18
30 Tara Zoanni......... 1-5 1-2 0-2 3 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 2 10
33 Gina Britz.......... 3-4 2-2 0-0 0 3 3 2 8 0 2 0 0 20
41 Kristi Kilander..... 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
55 Janel Palbicki...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 11
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 38-69 11-21 15-20 16 26 42 17 102 28 16 4 15 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-29 62.1% 2nd Half: 20-40 50.0% Game: 55.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% Game: 52.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-4 100 % 2nd Half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 75.0% 3
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Officials: Brenda Holmgren, Jeff Hamre, Mitch Parker
Technical fouls: Morningside-None. North Dakota-None.
Attendance: 2287
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Morningside................... 29 30 - 59
North Dakota.................. 46 56 - 102
North Central Conference game
North Dakota sophomore Marisa Leighton scores a career-high 24 points to lead
11 UND scorers.