Women's Basketball Travel To Briar Cliff
GAMETIME…
Dordt will travel to face Briar Cliff in Sioux City, Iowa on Saturday, February 20 at 2:00 pm.
TICKETS…
Tickets for the game are sold out
COVERAGE…
THE FOE…
The Briar Cliff Chargers are 16-8 this season and 14-7 in the GPAC. The Chargers started the season with a 6-0 record and have a pair of three game winning steaks as well and are currently on a three-game winning streak with wins over the College of Saint Mary, Jamestown and Hastings. The Chargers haven’t played since February 6. Briar Cliff is 8-2 at home.
Briar Cliff has outscored teams 72-63.2 this season and have outrebounded teams 40-34.9 while converting 41.1 percent of its field goals while allowing teams to make 39.6 percent of their shots.
Madelyn Deitchler scores 14.6 points per game with 7.3 rebounds and is converting 50.4 percent of her field goals. Konnor Sudmann scores 14.5 points per game and secures 5.7 rebounds per game and she makes 28.9 percent of her three-point baskets. Payton Slaughter and Kennedy Benne score 12.0 and 10.5 points per game and Slaughter averages 6.1 rebounds and has nearly four assists per game.
DEFENDER NOTES…
Dordt is 14-10 this season and 13-8 in the GPAC after a win over Dakota Wesleyan on Wednesday, February 10. Dordt is 12-5 since December 5 and is outscoring teams 71.8-65.4 and outrebounding teams 44.7-35.1. Dordt converts 40.2 percent of its field goals while allowing teams to make 37 percent. Dordt also has made 32.6 percent of its three-point shots while opponents have made 32 percent.
Ashtyn Veerbeek is scoring 15.5 points per game while grabbing 10.5 rebounds per contest and she is making 45.1 percent of her field goal attempts and she is averaging 2.5 assists. Erika Feenstra is good for 13.0 points per game and 5.1 rebounds while converting 48.9 percent of her field goal tries. Karly Gustafson adds 11.4 points per game and she makes 51.9 percent of her field goals and she takes in 6.5 rebounds. Mya Chmielewski and Bailey Tetzlaff add 5.1 and 5.3 points per game respectively. Tetzlaff has 23 steals and Jordyn Winterfeld has 21. Veerbeek is the team leader in three-point baskets made with 34 and a total of nine Defenders have 12 or more three-point baskets made this season.
LAST TIME…
Briar Cliff beat Hastings on February 6 by a score of 84-45. The Chargers used a 16-2 advantage in the second quarter to take control of the game and scored 28 points in the third quarter to put the game completely out of reach. Sudmann scored 17 points with eight rebounds and Slaughter had 14 points while Deitchler and Benne had 13 and 12. Briar Cliff converted 60 percent of its field goals in the win and had a 33-25 rebounding edge while limiting Hastings to 33 percent field goal shooting.
Dordt used a strong defensive effort in the fourth quarter to pull away and beat Dakota Wesleyan 60-44, outscoring the Tigers 20-4 in the final quarter at the Corn Palace on February 10. Ashtyn Veerbeek had 28 points and 23 rebounds with five assists and two blocked shots with four steals in the win and Gustafson scored 14 points with 11 rebounds.
HISTORY…
Briar Cliff was a 79-69 winner on November 24 in Sioux Center. Dordt led 42-38 at halftime but the Chargers took the lead 56-55 with 2:09 left in the
NEXT…
Dordt will advance to the GPAC Postseason Tournament starting on Wednesday, February 17. Pairings for the eight-team tournament will be announced late Saturday night.
GPAC STANDINGS…(February 17)
Morningside 20-1/22-2
Concordia 16-5/17-7
Northwestern 16-5/16-8
Briar Cliff 14-7/16-8
Dordt 13-8/14-10
Dakota Wesleyan 11-9/13-9
Jamestown 11-10/14-10
Midland 12-9/15-9
Hastings 6-15/7-16
Doane 3-18/5-19
Mount Marty 2-18/4-19
College of Saint Mary 1-20/2-22
GPAC SCHEDULE AND SCORES…
November 10
Midland def. Concordia 91-79
November 11
Morningside def. Jamestown 68-61
Doane def. Mount Marty 74-65
Briar Cliff def. Dakota Wesleyan 80-63
November 14
Concordia def. Northwestern 83-72
Briar Cliff def. Mount Marty 86-54
Dordt def. Midland 70-58
November 18
Jamestown def. Northwestern 70-65
Midland def. Hastings 82-78
Concordia def. Doane 111-52
November 21
Midland def. Northwestern 80-74
Concordia def. Dordt 73-62
Morningside def. Mount Marty 107-52
Briar Cliff def. College of Saint Mary 68-47
November 23
Hastings def. Jamestown 70-68
November 24
Midland def. Mount Marty def. 75-49
Concordia def. College of Saint Mary 99-47
Dordt def. Briar Cliff 79-69
November 25
Jamestown def. Doane 90-81 ot
November 28
Hastings def. College of Saint Mary 71-62
December 2
Morningside def. Dordt 85-79
Northwestern def. Briar Cliff 59-50
Concordia def. Hastings 73-66
Mount Marty def. College of Saint Mary 62-53
Midland def. Doane 87-76
December 5
Morningside def. Midland 84-77
Northwestern def. Hastings 79-57
Briar Cliff def. Concordia 69-59
Dordt def. Doane 83-54
December 6
Dakota Wesleyan def. Doane 77-59
December 8
Dordt def. Jamestown 81-64
December 9
Briar Cliff def. Morningside 80-78
Northwestern def. Dakota Wesleyan 75-69
Hastings def. Doane 80-76
December 12
Morningside def. Concordia 86-67
Northwestern def. Doane 101-62
Hastings @ Dordt
Midland def. Briar Cliff 63-54
Jamestown def. Dakota Wesleyan 64-61
December 14
Dordt def. Hastings 74-67
December 15
Jamestown def. Briar Cliff 78-62
Concordia def. Midland 67-59
December 16
Northwestern def. Dordt 76-69
Morningside def. Dakota Wesleyan 78-53
Doane def. Mount Marty 67-66
December 18
Concordia def. Jamestown 55-50
December 19
Dordt def. Mount Marty 62-56
Briar Cliff def. Doane 69-68
Dakota Wesleyan def. Midland 61-38
December 20
Morningside def. Hastings 89-54
December 21
Jamestown def. Mount Marty 65-44
December 22
Dakota Wesleyan def. Hastings 68-60
December 30
Concordia def. Mount Marty 98-53
December 31
Dordt def. Dakota Wesleyan 70-60
Morningside def. Northwestern 75-62
January 2
Jamestown def. Hastings 66-55
Morningside def. College of Saint Mary 77-40
Concordia def. Northwestern 81-76
Briar Cliff def. Mount Marty 78-53
Dordt def. Midland 67-63
Dakota Wesleyan def. Doane 80-42
January 4
Midland def. College of Saint Mary 65-57
January 6
Morningside def. Doane 72-49
Northwestern def. Mount Marty 66-44
Briar Cliff def. Hastings 78-70
Dakota Wesleyan def. Concordia 85-80
Dordt def. College of Saint Mary 83-59
January 7
Midland def. Jamestown 75-74
January 9
Morningside def. Hastings 86-50
Northwestern def. College of Saint Mary 109-46
Dordt def. Mount Marty 90-46
Concordia def. Jamestown 67-61
Dakota Wesleyan def. Midland 76-47
Briar Cliff def. Doane 64-60
January 10
Dakota Wesleyan def. College of Saint Mary 79-47
January 13
Morningside def. Briar Cliff 76-69
Northwestern def. Dakota Wesleyan 66-46
Hastings def. Doane 88-54
Concordia def. Mount Marty 94-62
Midland def. College of Saint Mary 72-61
January 14
Jamestown def. Dordt 69-58
January 16
Morningside def. Concordia 66-64
Northwestern def. Doane 76-39
Dordt def. Hastings 72-53
Briar Cliff def. Midland 75-53
Jamestown def. College of Saint Mary 71-59
January 17
Dakota Wesleyan def. Mount Marty 72-55
January 20
Morningside def. Dordt 82-73
Northwestern def. Briar Cliff 69-59
Mount Marty def. Hastings 79-71
College of Saint Mary def. Doane 81-44
January 23
Jamestown def. Mount Marty 90-47
Morningside def. Midland 82-60
Northwestern def. Hastings 79-70
Concordia def. Briar Cliff 65-59
Dordt def. Doane 71-58
January 24
Dakota Wesleyan def. College of Saint Mary 84-51
January 25
Jamestown def. College of Saint Mary 71-55
January 27
Morningside def. Jamestown 99-53
Northwestern def. Dordt 64-58
Midland def. Mount Marty 70-64
Dakota Wesleyan def. Briar Cliff 74-68
January 28
Concordia def. College of Saint Mary 111-52
January 30
Morningside def. Mount Marty 86-65
Northwestern def. Midland 70-56
Dakota Wesleyan def. Hastings 79-62
Briar Cliff def. College of Saint Mary 88-63
January 31
Jamestown def. Doane 82-65
February 3
Hastings def. Mount Marty 55-40
Morningside def. Dakota Wesleyan 73-68
Concordia def. Dordt 77-71
Briar Cliff def. Jamestown 90-56
Doane def. College of Saint Mary 71-61
February 6
Morningside def. Doane 82-55
Northwestern def. Mount Marty 73-50
Briar Cliff def. Hastings 84-45
Concordia def. Dakota Wesleyan 76-69
Midland def. Jamestown 80-74
Dordt def. College of Saint Mary 96-59
February 9
Morningside def. College of Saint Mary 80-46
February 10
Northwestern def. Jamestown 83-67
Concordia def. Hastings 79-64
Midland def. Doane 91-55
Dordt def. Dakota Wesleyan 60-44
February 13
Northwestern def. College of Saint Mary 74-39
February 16
Hastings def. College of Saint Mary 59-56
February 18
Dakota Wesleyan @ Mount Marty
February 20
Morningside @ Northwestern
Midland @ Hastings
Mount Marty @ College of Saint Mary
Doane @ Concordia
Midland @ Hastings
Dordt @ Briar Cliff
Jamestown @ Dakota Wesleyan