Parkside 86, Purdue Northwest 82 (OT)
The Parkside women's basketball team traveled to Hammond, Ind. to take on the Purdue Northwest Pride in a Saturday GLIAC matchup. The game went back and forth for all of regulation, and a last second three sent it into overtime. The Rangers held on in the extra period to come away with their fifth straight win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The two teams went back and forth in the opening quarter, with the Rangers leading 21-20.
Paty Gallasova led the Rangers in the quarter with six points, while
Kayla Bohr had four rebounds.
The Pride got hot early in the second quarter, going on an 11-4 run and pulling ahead of the Rangers. At the half, the Pride led 42-36. Gallasova and Bohr each had ten points. The second quarter featured the lowest shooting percentage of the game from the Rangers, shooting just 41.2% from the field.
The Rangers came out of the half and found their offensive stride.
Alyssa Nelson led the Rangers in the quarter, scoring 11 of Parkside's 24 points in the period. The Rangers shot an impressive 62.5% in the quarter and went into the fourth with a 60-49 lead.
The lead would not last long though, as the Pride would go on a 10-0 run to cut the lead down to two points. The Rangers found themselves up three with one second left. The Pride inbounded the ball to Dash Shaw, who hit a three at the buzzer to force overtime.
Overtime got off to a slow start, with the first points coming on a layup by
Maja Leidefors 1:45 into the period. The rest of the Rangers scoring came on free throws from Gallasova, Nelson, and
Sheridan Flauger. The Rangers defense held strong and found a way to earn the overtime win.
A LOOK AT THE STATS
Nelson led the Rangers with 30 points, nine rebounds, and three assists. Gallasova ended with 19 points, five rebounds, and two assists. Bohr finished with 14 points and eight rebounds. Shaw led the Pride with 24 points.
HEAR FROM COACH CONELY
"We really battled for a road win against Purdue Northwest today. Defensively, we didn't do a great job of protecting the paint. We did an outstanding job in the third quarter, but we need to execute for an entire game. Offensively, I thought we had great movement and we didn't settle for threes. We challenged our team to do a better job finishing in the second half and hats off to our crew, we did a much better job in the second half. Three games down, two more to go for our five-game conference road swing."
WHAT'S NEXT
Parkside basketball is back in action on Thursday, Jan. 26 as the Rangers travel to take on the Davenport Panthers at 4:30 p.m. cst. The Rangers return to De Simone Arena on Thursday, Feb. 2 as they are set to host Ferris State at 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit
parksiderangers.com.
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