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Contact: Mark Albanese, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Media RelationsBox ScoreMOORHEAD, Minn. (Nov. 15, 2014)-- The University of Wisconsin-Parkside women's basketball team netted its second win in as many days at the Highway 76 Classic inside Nemzek Fieldhouse, rolling University of Minnesota-Crookston 82-64 on Saturday night behind a triple-double from
Gaby Bronson.
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Bronson had a monster game for the Rangers (2-0), scoring a game-high 19 points along with 14 assists and 10 rebounds. 11 of the senior's 19 points came from the charity stripe in the wire-to-wire victory. Bronson's Herculean effort earned her a share of the tournament's Most Valuable Player honors, scoring 39 points over the course of event.
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UW-Parkside scored the first 10 points of the game and staked a 30-12 advantage with 7:54 left in the opening stanza off a
Tara Knapstein three. The Rangers owned a 10-point buffer the rest of the first half, enjoying a 41-29 lead at the halftime break.
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Minnesota-Crookston whittled the Ranger lead to just four at 47-43 with 15:02 left in the game but the Green and White countered with the next seven points, regaining a double-digit buffer. Parkside led by at least nine the rest of the way en rout to the 18-point blowout win.
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Justine Boerger scored 18 points, canning four three-pointers on the night and finishing seven-for-10 from the field while Knapstein chipped in 15 points.
Kristin Conniff was the fourth Ranger in double figures, adding 10 points off the bench.
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Katrina Moenkedick paced the Golden Eagles with 16 points with Isieoma Odor chipping in 10 points and seven rebounds.
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UW-Parkside finished the game shooting 52.9 percent (27-for-51) from the floor, including a red-hot 63.2 percent (12-for-19) from three-point range.
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The Rangers return to the hardwood on Thursday, traveling to Columbus, Ohio to face Ohio Dominican University
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