Short Handed Lady Spartans Fall to Rochester
Playing without Jayna Gronewold, Mo Bugbee and Maddie Ballweg, the M State lady Spartans battled hard for four quarters on Saturday afternoon against the top ranked team in the country, the Rochester Yellowjackets
Playing without Jayna Gronewold, Mo Bugbee and Maddie Ballweg, the M State lady Spartans battled hard for four quarters on Saturday afternoon against the top ranked team in the country, the Rochester Yellowjackets. After falling behind 37-21 at the half, the Spartans stayed with the Yellowjackets throughout the second half, being out-scored 30-29 on the way. The Yellowjackets improved to 19-3 overall and 10-1 in the MCAC South with a 67-50 win.
Mia Blaskowski led M State with 21 points and 5 rebounds. Madi Foss had 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, and Itzel Salazar contributed 10 points and a team high 7 rebounds.
Four Yellowjackets were in double digits, led by 16 points from Janae Bennett. Kara Goetzinger registered a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds and Jada James just missed a double-double with 12 points and 9 rebounds. She also led the team with 4 steals. Macaya Copeland had a team high 9 assists and scored 13 points.
M State (11-10, 5-5 MCAC South) will finish Southern Division play on Wednesday night at St. Cloud. They also have a final home game on Saturday at 1:00pm against Minnesota North - Itasca.
