PARKSIDE 62, MICHIGAN TECH 40

The Rangers, who improved to 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the GLIAC, held the Michigan Tech Huskies to a handful of points in the first quarter as they took a 14-point lead at the end of one with the score 19-5. Redshirt-senior Blair Arthur scored 14 points in the game, making this her seventh game in-a-row to score double-digits.
 
HEAR FROM COACH CONELY

"Michigan Tech is such a tough place to play so this is a great team win for us," first-year head coach Jen Conely said. "Every single one of us was locked in for 40 minutes."

"I am really proud of our effort and execution, especially on defense," Conley added.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

With 8:03 remaining in the first quarter, the game was tied at 3-3 and Parkside finished the quarter with a 16-2 run as they held the Huskies to five points in the quarter. As the second quarter started, Parkside went on a 10-6 run and the half ended with the Rangers leading by 20-points with a score of 32-12. The teams went back-and-forth in the third quarter and the Rangers lead grew to 22-points which brought the score to 45-23 going into the fourth. In the final quarter, Parkside was able to grow its lead to 25-points at most, which the Huskies knocked it down to 22-points as the game ended with a score of 62-40.
 
STAT LEADERS

As a team, the Rangers had a season-high 46 rebounds in the game, with freshman Hannah Plockelman leading with nine. This was Arthur's seventh straight game scoring in double-figures this season and she's the only Ranger to do that so far this season. Arthur went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line and added three rebounds to the team's season-high. Junior Carolina Rahkonen had 12 points and five rebounds and freshman Alyssa Nelson led with three assists. The Huskies shot 27.1 percent from the floor and only 18.8 from beyond the arc. This was a season-low for Parkside for points allowed.
 
WHAT'S NEXT

Parkside will play at Northern Michigan on Saturday, Dec. 8 at Noon. The Rangers will travel to Green Bay for an exhibition on Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. Over the holiday break, Parkside will travel out to Colorado to play two games out at Colorado-Springs.