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Nike
53
Morningside (Iowa) MORN 9-5, 17-5
82
Winner Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA 13-2, 19-2
Morningside (Iowa) MORN
9-5, 17-5
53
Final
82
Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA
13-2, 19-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Morningside (Iowa) MORN 8 7 19 19 53
Northwestern (Iowa) NCIA 16 29 15 22 82

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Second Quarter Surge Lifts Red Raiders Past Morningside

Anna Kiel scored a season-high 18 points in leading No.3 Northwestern to an 82-53 win over No.9 Morningside in a conference showdown between top 10 teams played today at the Bultman Center. 

Northwestern picked up its fourth straight win and improved to 13-2 in the GPAC, 19-2 overall. The Red Raiders sweep the season series against Morningside, who drops to 9-5 in the conference, 17-5 overall. 

Leading 16-8 at the end of the first quarter, Northwestern outscored Morningside 29-7 in the second period for a 45-15 halftime lead. The Mustangs scored the first five points of the second, cutting the Red Raider lead down to three following a three-pointer by Faith Meyer. Northwestern then closed with a 29-2 run, giving up one field goal over the final 8:30, beginning with a three-point play by Darbi Gustafson and ending with four straight points by Kiel.

Northwestern maintained at least a 23-point lead for the duration of the second half, pushing its advantage to as much as 32 points at three different times in the final 10 minutes. 

Kiel converted 8-of-10 field goal attempts and scored a season-high 18 points coming off the bench. Both Gustafson (17 pts, 12 rebounds) and Kassidy De Jong (14pts, 10 rebounds) tallied double-doubles and Taylor VanderVelde scored 11 points to go with five rebounds. With her first basket of the game, De Jong became the eighth player in program history to score 2,000 points. 

Northwestern shot 42% for the game but had its struggles from the three-point line, going 2-for-16 from the arc (13%). The Red Raiders held a 57-36 edge on the boards, pulling down 22 on the offensive glass. Sammy Blum totaled a career-high nine rebounds and dished out a career-best 10 assists. 

Morningside shot 33% for the game, 16% (3/19) from the three-point line. Sierra Mitchell was the lone Mustangs player to score in double figures with 11, well below her season average as she was held in check by the Red Raider defense. 

Northwestern travels to Dordt on Wednesday night for its third straight game against a top 20 opponent. 
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