Parkside 91, Missouri-St. Louis 65
The Parkside women's basketball team traveled to St. Louis, Mo. to take on the Missouri-St. Louis Tritons for a New Year's Eve matchup. The two teams got off to an even start through most of the first half, but the Rangers found the hot hand from three-point land late in the second quarter to jump out to a lead. The Rangers couldn't miss in the second half, shooting 72% in the half and breaking the school record for single game field goal percentage as the Rangers went on to earn a blowout win on the road.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Rangers and the Tritons got off to an even start in the opening quarter, with the Tritons leading 21-19 at the end of the first. UMSL shot 60% (9/15) in the quarter, while Parkside shot 53.8% (7/13).
The Rangers began to pull away late the second quarter, as they shot 50% (3/6) from behind the three-point arc and 72.7% (8-11) in the quarter.
Alyssa Nelson led the Rangers with 11 points at the half and the Rangers went to the locker room with a 43-34 lead.
Maja Leidefors got the Rangers going in the third quarter with her first basket of the game. Nelson followed up those points with five of her own. The Rangers went on to outscore the Tritons 30-16 in the quarter and jump out to a 73-50 lead heading into the fourth.
The Rangers closed out the fourth quarter shooting 81.8% from the field and ran away with the win, defeating the Tritons in convincing fashion.
A LOOK AT THE STATS
The Rangers combined for a record-breaking 67.3% from the field. The previous record of 62.5% had stood since 12-4-2012 when the Rangers set the record against Finlandia. Nelson led the Rangers in this game with 21 points, two rebounds, and two assists. She shot 7-11 from the field and was 4-6 from three-point land.
Paty Gallasova ended the game with 15 points and five assists, shooting 6-7 from the field.
Kayla Bohr finished with 14 points and a team-leading six rebounds. Sheridan Faluger and
Kendal Zeiter both finished with 13 points.
HEAR FROM COACH CONELY
"Big road win against UMSL. We knew they wanted to pound it inside and I thought that our defense was solid, posts were battling for defensive position. Offensively, we got great looks early and did a great job of knocking down threes and getting to the rim. Great way to end 2022, looking forward to kicking off 2023 at home against GVSU on Thursday."
WHAT'S NEXT
Parkside basketball returns to De Simone Arena on Thursday, Jan. 5 as the Rangers host #1 Grand Valley State at 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit
parksiderangers.com.
