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51
Jamestown UJ 12-3, 7-2
72
Winner Northwestern NWC 11-3, 6-2
Jamestown UJ
12-3, 7-2
51
Final
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Northwestern NWC
11-3, 6-2
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Score By Periods
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Jamestown UJ 12 13 15 11 51
Northwestern NWC 16 16 21 19 72

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

Northwestern Starts 2023 With Win Over Jamestown

Emilee Danner records her first-career double-double

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Experimenting with a different starting line-up for the first time this season, the No. 15-ranked Northwestern College women's basketball team (10-3 5-2 GPAC) found themselves back in the win column with a 72-51 win over the University of Jamestown (12-3, 7-2 GPAC), making it nine-straight wins over the Jimmies inside the Bultman Center.  
Jamestown jumped out to an early four-point lead in the opening quarter, but Northwestern was able to counter and eventually took their first lead at 12-10 thanks to a pair of free throws from Hannah Nerem (Sr., Edgerton, Minn.) with two minutes left in the opening quarter. The Raiders would themselves lead by four at the end of the quarter, 16-12.
 
NWC would lead most of the second quarter but a three-pointer from Kia Tower knotted the game up at 22-22 with five minutes left in the half. Northwestern would respond with a 10-0 run of their own, led by four points from Molly Schany (Jr., Emmetsburg, Iowa). Northwestern would take a 32-25 lead into the locker room at the break. Though tied for the team lead in scoring, Maddie Jones (Sr., Twin Lakes, Iowa) didn't record her first points until under three minutes in the second quarter, rather dishing out assists all half.
 
The third quarter would be the best scoring quarter for the Raiders of the night, putting up 21 points to extend their lead. Emilee Danner (Sr., Westside, Iowa) would put the Raiders up by 14 at 50-36 with a steal and fast break lay-up with just under two minutes left in the quarter, the largest NWC lead at the time. As time expired in the quarter, Lexie Van Kekerix (So., Rock Valley, Iowa) hit a deep three from the top of the key off the inbound pass to solidify the NWC lead.
 
The fourth quarter was more of the same, as Northwestern continued to push up their lead and both teams emptied the bench for the latter half of the frame. The Raiders would lead by as much as 20 points three times, and a lay-up from freshman Ashtyn Wobig (Fr., Canova, S.D.) with under a minute left would give NWC their largest lead of the game at 21 and be Wobig's first-career collegiate points. Northwestern would end up prevailing 72-51 over the Jimmies in front of the home crowd.
 
GAME NOTES:
  • Northwestern improves the home court win streak over Jamestown to nine games.
  • This evening marked the first time head coach Kristin Rotert used a different starting five: Jones, Anderson, Danner, Schany, and H. Nerem.
  • NWC shot 45.8% from the floor to UJ's 31.0%.
  • Northwestern shot 80+% from the free throw line for the ninth time this season and now in four-straight games, shooting 15-for-17 from the charity strike tonight.
  • Three Red Raiders score double digits, led by Molly Schany with 20 points. Emilee Danner and Hannah Nerem both had 10 points each.
  • Emilee Danner recorded her first-career double-double, while leading the game with her 10 boards.
  • Sophomore Lexie Van Kekerix notched a career-high eight points.
  • Schany hits 20 points for the third game this season and is the eighth Red Raider to eclipse 20+ points this season.
  • Maddie Jones had seven assists for a game-high, one assist shy of her career-high.
  • Freshman Ashtyn Wobig scored her first-career collegiate points and fellow freshman Allison Piercy saw her first-career varsity minutes in the contest.
SCOOTER'S PLAYER OF THE GAME
Molly Schany
Up Next: Northwestern will turn around and play again tomorrow against the Hastings College Broncos (8-7, 4-5 GPAC) at 2:00 p.m. inside the Bultman Center.

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