MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Alaska Nanooks women's basketball team (0-5, 0-0 GNAC) dropped its contest at Minnesota State Moorhead (4-1, 1-0 NSIC) 112-63 on Friday.
How it Happened
Chozen Horn-Young gave the 'Nooks an early 3-2 lead after sinking a three for their first points of the game, but a 9-2 run for the Dragons put the Nanooks in a six-point hole. Threes from Tamai Mancuso and Desiree Redfox helped the Blue & Gold cut the deficit to two, and Mancuso and Genevieve Velasquez kept the Nanooks within two thanks to a pair of makes from inside the arc. However, the hosts ended the quarter on an 11-1 run and took a 29-17 lead into the first quarter break.
Horn-Young began the second the same way she started the first for the Nanooks, knocking down a three for her second triple of the game. Amelia Brady and Alycia Shelley added two more baskets, but the Dragons scored the next six points without a Nanook's response to increase the deficit to 17. Emily Freeman and Ashlyn Waggoner added a pair of baskets from two-point range, but the 'Nooks entered halftime trailing 57-30.
The Dragons began the third by scoring the first eight points of the period. Waggoner ended the drought with a three, and Horn-Young followed up with a two-point jumpshot. However, an 11-0 run for the hosts put them up 78-35. Mancuso sank a pair of two-pointers, and Freeman added a three, but MSUM took a 90-46 lead into the final 10 minutes. Mancuso and Freeman added threes in the final period to put them both in double-figures.
Inside the Numbers
- Chozen Horn-Young led the team with 13 points on 5-10 shooting, connecting on 2-4 three-point attempts. She added a rebound, assist and steal.
- Tamai Mancuso ended the game with 12 points. She grabbed two rebounds during the contest and collected an assist.
- Emily Freeman posted 11 points on 4-12 shooting. She tied for the team lead with two assists and had two steals.
- Alycia Shelley scored nine points, going 3-4 from the field. She had two assists.
- Ashlyn Waggoner had a team-high nine rebounds and posted six points.
- Genevieve Velasquez tallied three steals during the game to lead the Nanooks.
- The Nanooks shot 22-64 (34.4%) from the field, 8-31 (25.8%) from three and 11-23 (47.8%) from the free-throw line.
- Alaska trailed in points off turnovers (28-10), second chance points (14-6), bench points (49-30) and points in the paint (74-14).
What's Next
The Nanooks have one more game in Minnesota tomorrow against St. Cloud State. Tip-off is set for noon AKST.
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