BUTTE Abby Hjorth and Lana Quintyne each scored 13 points
to lead a balanced attack for the Montana State
University-Northern women's basketball team in an 89-70 win
over Montana Tech Saturday.
The win, coupled with Carroll's 55-49 win over Westminster,
propelled 14th-ranked Northern (8-4, 21-6) into second place
in the Frontier Confererence with just two games remaining
in the regular season.
Westminster is third in the conference at 8-5, and Carroll
and Western Montana are both 7-5.
Northern finished just 30 of 82 from the floor, but the
Skylights' effort from the three-point arc was exemplary.
Anna Fabatz and Jennifer Young each made three 3-pointers
for Northern, which finished the game 10-for-22 from
three-point range.
Northern guard Davina Shoemake did a solid job controlling
the ball for her team, finishing with five assists. The
Skylights had just eight turnovers, compared to 15 for the
Orediggers.
Paula Owens scored 12 points and Jackie Rasnick and Fabatz
each added 11 for the Skylights.
Kayla Minehan tossed in 13 points for Montana Tech.
MSU-NORTHERN (89) Walterskirchen 0-1 0-0 0, Fabatz 4-12
0-0 11, Quintyne 5-15 2-5 13, Hjorth 5-7 3-6 13, Balgua 1-5
0-0 3, Young 3-8 0-0 9, Munson 1-5 4-8 6, Shoemake 1-4 0-0
2, Rasnick 2-4 6-6 11, Burgmaier 3-8 0-2 6, Owens 4-8 3-4
12. Totals 30-82 19-33 89.
MONTANA TECH (70) Ca. Campbell 0-1 0-0 0, Ferentchak 0-4
3-4 3, Co. Campbell 1-4 0-0 2, Fuller 4-11 4-6 12, Spencer
2-5 0-0 6, Buehler 2-12 3-4 7, Minehan 5-7 3-4 13, Slaughter
4-12 2-2 10, Ritter 2-2 0-0 4, Gunderson 2-3 0-0 4, Skoyen
0-1 1-2 1, Scharowske 3-9 2-2 8. Totals 25-71 18-24 70.
MSU-Northern
41
48
89
