Morgan Swaim | Staff Writer
On Feb. 8, the women’s basketball team captured one of the largest wins of the season, dismantling the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks, 76-49.
During the first half, the team played airtight defense. The Nanooks were only allowed to score 21 points while shooting 25 percent. The Wolves not only made scoring the basketball difficult, the defense just made keeping the ball a challenge, forcing Alaska Fairbanks into 10 turnovers in the first half.
Offensively, the first half was lead by junior guard Kaylie Boschma, who scored 11 points in just 12 minutes off the bench, shooting 80 percent. The team went into the second half having a 37-21 lead, and the gap only increased.
The second half was much of the same, as the Wolves eventually pushed the lead to 34 with seven minutes left in the game. The Nanooks had no response, allowing six Wolves players to score eight or more points.
With a 76-49 win to their name, the team tried to ride that momentum on Feb. 8, while taking on GNAC conference leaders, Alaska Anchorage. The game ended in a 86-78 loss.
The Wolves jumped to an early 23-19 first quarter lead, giving the 22-2 Seawolves troubles offensively and defensively. Only two starters scored for the Seawolves in the second half, as the Wolves were able to minimize the impact from key players. Heading into the second half, the team was hanging on to a 38-36 lead.
In the second half, the defense was not able to replicate the same amount of success. The Seawolves came out hot in the third quarter, erasing the deficit and jumping out to a four point lead heading into the fourth.
From there, the Wolves failed to recover and secure a lead, falling in the end by eight.
After playing well during both home games this past week, the team will look to do more of the same on the road.
On Feb. 17, the team will then be traveling to face off against the Montana State University Billings Yellow Jackets.
Contact the author at mswaim16@wou.edu
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