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61
Winner Northwestern NWC 2-0, 0-0
39
Tabor TABOR 0-3, 0-0
Winner
Northwestern NWC
2-0, 0-0
61
Final
39
Tabor TABOR
0-3, 0-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Northwestern NWC 10 15 24 12 61
Tabor TABOR 9 6 8 16 39

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | NWC Athletic Communications

Big Third Quarter Downs Bluejays to Wrap Up Kansas Trip

Schany paces NWC with 19 points and eight rebounds

HILLSBORO, Kan. – The (RV) Northwestern College women's basketball team (2-0, 0-0 GPAC) dominates their second-straight game against Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) to open the new season, downing the (RV) Tabor College Bluejays (0-3, 0-0 KCAC) to finish the season-opening trip down south.
"It's great to go home with two road wins," said head coach Kristin Rotert. "I'm really proud of the toughness we showed tonight, especially on the defensive end of the floor."

The Red Raiders defense was stifling in the first three quarters, as Tabor could not muster more than nine points in a quarter in the three periods. Northwestern led for over 90% of the game, with Tabor's last lead being 9-8 late in the first quarter. Through three quarters of action, the Bluejays had just 23 points on the scoreboard.

In a low scoring opening half, it was Northwestern who held a 10-point advantage (25-15). The first quarter saw a 10-9 Red Raider advantage, but Northwestern turn it on in the second quarter outscoring the Bluejays 15-6 to jump out to their 10-point halftime lead. Molly Schany (Jr., Emmetsberg, Iowa) led all scorers with her eight points in the opening 30 minutes.

The turning point came in the third quarter, when the Red Raiders put up a quarter-high 24 points to officially race past Tabor. Northwestern was red hot in the frame, hitting 66.7% of their shots (8-for-12), using five Bluejay turnovers to take complete control of the contest.

"Our team was really locked into our game plan on both ends of the floor and executed well," noted Rotert. "Our pace in transition allowed us to create some separation in the third quarter, leading to some easy buckets.

The final frame saw Tabor outscore the Raiders, but it was too little, too late. Jacking up seven three-pointers, Tabor hit four of them to cut into Northwestern's largest lead of 23 points but the Raiders were able to weather the late storm and secure the 61-39 victory.

"Maddie (Jones) made some really big plays on the defensive end late in the game to help us secure the win and Molly (Schany) continued to be a strong presence for us in the paint," concluded Rotert.

GAME NOTES:
  • Northwestern extends regular season non-conference winning streak to ten-straight games.
  • For the second-straight game, the NWC defense held their opponent to under 30% shooting from the floor (29.8%).
  • Molly Schany and Maddie Jones were both in double digits again, scoring 19 and 15 points, respectively.
  • Emilee Danner crashed the boards hard, leading the team with nine rebounds, followed by Schany with eight.
  • Jones picked pockets all night long, recording eight steals and dished out a team-high five assists.
  • Tonight marked back-to-back games the Raiders shot north of 80% from the charity strike as a team (81.8%).
  • NWC held the rebounding advantage (33-25), for a +8 margin, and they had 16 team steals.
  • Tabor had 21 turnovers, as Northwestern put up 26 points off those turnovers.
  • Northwestern remains unbeaten against Tabor in the all-time series (3-0).
SCOOTER'S PLAYER OF THE GAME
Molly Schany
Up Next: Northwestern will open the home slate next weekend, hosting the 2022 Pizza Ranch Classic on the campus of Northwestern College, set to play host to Dickinson State (N.D.) (3-1, 0-0 NSAA) and Trinity Christian (Ill.) (1-0, 0-0 CCAC) on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 11-12, respectively.

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