Skylights grab another win in L.A.
By Ryan Divish/Havre Daily News Sports Editor/rdivish@havredailynews.com
The weather might not have been good on the outside, but the basketball sure
was on the inside.
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team didn't let rainy
Instead, the Skylights turned the heat up on the basketball court, scoring
their second win of their
Northern rolled to a 38-29 lead at halftime, behind 45 percent three-point
shooting in the first half on 5-11 shooting.
Biola outscored the Skylights in the second half,
38-29, but Northern held onto the lead thanks to 9-15 shooting from the
free-throw line.
Jessi Reome rebounded from
an off shooting night, scoring a game-high 19 points, including four
three-pointers.
Jaci Heny had a solid game for the Skylights, scoring 16 points,
while Megan Valgardson added 11 points and 10
rebounds and Michele VanDyke chipped in with 11
points and seven rebounds.
With the win, the Skylights improved to 14-4 on the season. They return to
action on Jan. 7 when they face University of Montana-Western to open the
Frontier Conference season.
MSU-Northern 70, Biola University 67
MSU-NORTHERN (14-4)
DeLayne Johnston 2-6 3-5 7; Megan Valgardson 4-10 3-8
11; Jessi Reome 7-13 1-2
19; Camille Gardner 2-6 0-0 5; Jaci Heny 5-10 3-4 16; Kristie Pullin 0-3 1-2 1; Michele VanDyke
3-5 5-7 11. Totals: 23-53 16-28 70.
Shelby Hill 5-11 1-2 11; Elizabeth Matthews 4-12 0-0 11; Lindsey Richelli 2-6 4-4 8; Rochelle Crawford 4-9 0-0 9; Crystal Duncan
6-12 0-1 14; Rachel Dulin 1-5 4-5 7; Mandi
Halftime score: MSU-N 38, BC 29. Three-point goals: MSU-N 8-18 (Johnston 0-1, Reome 4-9, Gardner 1-2, Heny
3-6), BC 7-18 (Matthews 3-7, Crawford 1-3, Duncan 2-4, Dulin
1-3, Erickson 0-1). Rebounds: MSU-N 44 (Valgardson
10, Johnston 7, Gardner 7); BC 36 (Richelli 8)
Assists: MSU-N 18 (