Lady Lions Win North Central Region Championship

by Anonymous on February 25, 2012

The Lady Lions took only one day to celebrate their third straight NIAC conference tournament championship and then it was back to work for them as they prepared for the North Central Regional Tournament and a chance to advance to the NCCAA DII Women’s National Tournament. They would not have to travel far, as it was Trinity Bible College’s turn to host the North Central Region Tournament. The first round match ups were #1 seed North Central University vs. #4 seed Faith Baptist Bible College and on the other side of the bracket #2 seed Trinity Bible College vs. #3 seed Providence College. Both the #1 seed North Central University and the #2 seed Trinity Bible College won their first round games easily with North Central winning 76 to 40 over Faith Baptist and Trinity Bible College winning 68 to 36 over Providence College, thus setting up a rematch of last year’s North Central Region Championship. The two teams also played once this year with North Central coming out on top at home 65 to 60.

This year’s championship game would prove to be another 40 minute battle, with both teams being tied 6 to 6 just 3 minutes into the game and with the Lady Lions leading 21 to 20 halfway through the first half. The Lady Lions would hold their biggest lead of the first half 31 to 25 with 6 minutes left, but North Central would use a 15 to 9 run to close the half and both teams would be tied at 40 at halftime. Leading North Central at half with 14 points was Christina Goodman and Courtney Smith added 13 first half points of her own, while the Lady Lions were led by Treva Nutter who had 13 points and Kayla Droste who had 8 points and 8 rebounds.

The second half featured a lot more defense for both teams. Both teams would trade several leads during the second half with the Lady Lions leading 46 to 42 with 13 minutes left. North Central battled back taking a 4 point lead 52 to 56 with 7 minutes left, the Lady Lions would counter taking the lead back with 4 minutes to play 60 to 58. The Lady Lions would then find themselves down by 1 point with less than one minute to play with the ball under their own basket. They would execute a nice inbounds play and Kayla Droste would make a lay up to give the Lady Lions a 65 to 64 advantage. Treva Nutter would add two free throws to seal the game and the Lady Lions held on to win 67 to 64. Leading the Lady Lions in the win was junior guard Treva Nutter who had 25 points (8 of 16 from the field and 9 of 10 on free throws), the only other Lady Lion in double figures was sophomore Kayla Droste who tallied a double-double with 15 points (6 of 11 shooting) and had 12 rebounds (7 offensive). The Lady Lions forced 26 North Central turnovers and out rebounded them by only 2, 38 to 36. Both teams also shot fairly well from the field with North Central shooting 45% and the Lady Lions shooting 40%.

After the game three Lady Lions were recognized for the season accomplishments, sophomore Kayla Droste was named “Second Team All Region”, junior guard Shianne Montgomery was named “First Team All Region” and junior guard Treva Nutter was named North Central Region Most Valuable Player. Coach Rachael Nowell was also named North Central Region Coach of the Year.

The win means the Lady Lions now advance to the NCCAA DII National Tournament, which is held at Ohio Christian University in Circleville, Ohio. The tournament runs March 8^th to March 10^th.The Lady Lions first game will be Thursday, March 8^th at 8pm vs. #3 Ohio Christian.

For more information on the NCCAA DII National Tournament please visit http://thenccaa.org/d2womensbasketchamp.htm and for tournament updates and information please visit http://www.ohiochristian.edu/trailblazers/2012-womens-basketball-nccaa-national-tournament .

Date: 2/25/2012 Arena: Ray Ulmer Field House

12:48 pm City, State: Ellendale, ND

VISITOR: TBC Lady Lions ( )

TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS

NO PLAYER P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN

11 Wiederhold, Kelby F 3 4 0 0 1 1 2 5 7 1 7 1 2 0 1 30-

12 Droste, Kayla F 6 11 0 0 3 4 7 5 12 2 15 1 2 0 2 40

34 Montgomery, Shianne F 3 12 0 4 3 4 1 3 4 4 9 1 4 0 2 31+

22 Nutter, Treva G 8 16 0 2 9 10 1 0 1 3 25 2 4 0 3 40

24 Flemmer, Kylie G 3 11 0 3 0 0 0 4 4 3 6 2 3 0 1 32-

20 Kovarik, Hannah 2 8 0 2 1 3 2 6 8 1 5 1 1 0 1 27-

21 Molan, JaNae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

TEAM REBOUNDS 0 2 2 0

Team Totals 25 62 0 11 17 22 13 25 38 14 67 8 16 0 10 200

Total FG% - 1st: 16/32 0.500 2nd: 9/30 0.300 Game: 0.403 Deadball

3-PT FG% - 1st: 0/4 0.000 2nd: 0/7 0.000 Game: 0.000 Rebounds

Total FT% - 1st: 8/10 0.800 2nd: 9/12 0.750 Game: 0.773 (1,0)

HOME: North Central ( )

TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS

NO PLAYER P FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OFF DEF TOT PF TP A TO BK S MIN

42 Kidd, Melissa C 4 10 0 0 3 4 2 7 9 4 11 4 1 8 1 35+

10 Trickey, Elisabeth G 6 10 1 2 3 5 2 3 5 4 16 0 8 0 5 28+

20 Goodman, Christina G 6 11 0 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 14 2 2 0 2 40

21 Smith, Courtney G 5 11 3 7 0 0 1 4 5 4 13 2 6 0 0 39-

24 Grenell, Jorie G 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 7 0 4 0 0 16-

3 Brown, Jordan 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 3 0 1 3 0 1 22+

25 Aleckson, Emily 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8-

32 Coyle, Tara 1 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 12+

TEAM REBOUNDS 3 5 8 0

Team Totals 25 55 6 18 8 12 10 26 36 21 64 10 26 8 9 200

Total FG% - 1st: 15/29 0.517 2nd: 10/26 0.385 Game: 0.455 Deadball

3-PT FG% - 1st: 4/11 0.364 2nd: 2/7 0.286 Game: 0.333 Rebounds

Total FT% - 1st: 6/10 0.600 2nd: 2/2 1.000 Game: 0.667 (3,0)

Technical Fouls: TBC (0)

: NCU (0)

OFFICIALS :

ATTENDANCE : 0

SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd TOTAL

TBC Lady Lions 40 27 67

North Central 40 24 64

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