March 1, 2002
Grand Forks, ND – The Fighting Sioux women's basketball team advanced to the championship game of the North Central Conference Wells Fargo Finals on Friday night when UND defeated rival North Dakota State, 81-60, in front of 2,594 fans at Hyslop Sports Center. North Dakota had six players finish in double figures and dominated the boards, finishing with a 51-32 rebounding advantage. The Sioux will meet South Dakota State on Saturday night. SDSU was a 68-62 winner over South Dakota in the other semifinal game.
North Dakota improved to 23-4 with the victory; North Dakota State ended its season 18-10.
Junior Becky Moen, who was named the co-MVP of the NCC on Friday, finished with a game-high 21 points. She now has 610 points for the season, breaking Jenny Crouse's UND single-season scoring mark of 600. Juniors Jenny Boll and Trish Fleming and freshman Chelsea Hausauer all had 12 points, while sophomores Mary Perrizo and Marisa Leighton had 10 apiece.
Leighton led the rebounding attack, grabbing 15. The 6-0 forward has grabbed 37 boards in her last three games. Moen and Boll aided the cause with eight each.
Rebounding had played a key role in North Dakota State's two earlier wins over the Sioux. When the Bison won at Grand Forks on Jan. 4, NDSU had a 45-30 rebounding advantage. In the rematch in Fargo on Feb. 1, NDSU had a 48-38 edge.
The teams were back and forth in the early going, with North Dakota State taking its final lead of the game at the 9:51 mark, 19-17 on a jumper by Leah Klabo. A 3-point shot by Fleming put the Sioux ahead, 20-19, and they would have the lead the rest of the game.
NDSU was within one, 29-28, at the 5:38 mark, but UND closed the half on a 15-2 run to go to the locker room up 44-30.
Moen led North Dakota with 14 first-half points, while Leighton had nine of her rebounds in the opening 20 minutes.
The Bison got within 10, 48-38, at the 16:50 mark on an Angela Mayo jumper, but North Dakota scored the next seven points to take command of the game.
Perrizo hit 4 of 6 shots from the field, while Hausauer hit 5 of 6 as UND outshot the Bison, 43.3 percent to 37.1 percent.
For Hausauer, her 12 points represented a career high.
North Dakota swept the season series from South Dakota State (24-7), winning 82-70 at Brookings and 88-76 at Grand Forks last Saturday night.
Official Basketball Box Score
North Dakota State vs North Dakota
3/1/02 6 p.m. at Grand Forks, N.D. - Hyslop Sports Center
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VISITORS: North Dakota State 18-10
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 Donni Luecke........ * 4-9 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 2 8 5 5 1 1 20
23 Amanda Gehrke....... * 4-12 0-4 1-2 4 3 7 2 9 4 3 1 2 32
31 Beth Bue............ * 2-7 0-4 2-2 1 1 2 2 6 0 1 1 0 26
34 Leah Klabo.......... * 4-8 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 5 8 1 3 2 0 15
40 Angie Froehlich..... * 7-15 1-4 3-6 0 4 4 3 18 1 1 0 0 31
05 Megan Clark......... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 7
14 Stacy Hanstad....... 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
30 Lora Schauer........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
32 Lacey Johnson....... 4-7 0-1 0-1 1 2 3 1 8 0 0 0 5 25
33 Angela Mayo......... 1-6 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 23
44 Amanda Krenz........ 0-4 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 16
50 Jacklynn Oliver..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TEAM................ 3 1 4
Totals.............. 26-70 1-18 7-14 10 22 32 21 60 12 14 5 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-38 31.6% 2nd Half: 14-32 43.8% Game: 37.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-9 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 5.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 50.0% 2
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HOME TEAM: North Dakota 23-4
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........ * 4-6 1-2 1-1 0 2 2 4 10 1 2 0 0 16
15 Chelsea Hausauer.... * 5-6 1-1 1-2 0 6 6 2 12 2 1 0 2 32
21 Marisa Leighton..... * 3-11 0-0 4-4 5 10 15 3 10 3 4 0 0 27
22 Becky Moen.......... * 5-14 0-4 11-12 1 7 8 0 21 2 1 0 1 38
44 Jenny Boll.......... * 5-16 0-0 2-3 2 6 8 4 12 5 4 0 1 29
23 Megan Pick.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 13
25 Trish Fleming....... 2-2 2-2 6-6 2 2 4 0 12 1 1 0 3 21
30 Tara Zoanni......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
33 Gina Britz.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
41 Kristi Kilander..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
55 Janel Palbicki...... 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 0 19
TEAM................ 2 3 5
Totals.............. 26-60 4-10 25-28 12 39 51 18 81 15 21 2 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-29 51.7% 2nd Half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 43.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 1-6 16.7% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 11-14 78.6% 2nd Half: 14-14 100 % Game: 89.3% 3
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Officials: Tom Rasmussen, Jim Richter, Mike Vipond
Technical fouls: North Dakota State-None. North Dakota-None.
Attendance: 2594
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
North Dakota State............ 30 30 - 60
North Dakota.................. 44 37 - 81
NCC Wells Fargo Finals semifinal game
North Dakota will play the winner of the South Dakota State/South Dakota
game tomorrow night at 6 p.m. Becky Moen sets a new UND single-season scoring
record with 610 points.