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BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17
The early portion of the 2021-22 Great Plains Athletic Conference schedule resumes this evening. Morningside University’s men and women kicked off their league slate with a sweep of Dakota Wesleyan University on Nov. 13. Head coach Trent Miller’s men’s side topped the Tigers 74-57, while head coach Jamie Sale’s women’s squad rallied past DWU 73-63. Dordt University’s men’s and women’s teams are both starting their conference campaigns. The men, coached by Brian Van Haaften, have a six-game win streak in tow. The women, coached by Bill Harmsen, stand 5-1 and have won their last four games straight.
THE SERIES Mside’s men have claimed 31 of the 48 meetings against their Siouxland rival. The all-time annals include a current Mustangs’ 10-game win string. Morningside’s women harbor a 58-15-1 all-time lead against the Defenders. They’ve won the previous six contests, with five of those results being decided by nine points or less.
THE MATCH-UP Morningside’s patented Gretna connection of senior guard Zach Imig and senior center Trey Brown paid dividends this past weekend. The two registered double-doubles to guide a starting five that all tallied double-figures in scoring. Due to that balance, the home team, improving to 3-1 overall, scored 17 of the first 22 points against visiting DWU and didn’t look back. Imig’s 16-point, 10-rebound, five-assist, two-steal late afternoon had some historical reference. It allowed him to pass former standout Tim West (1995-99) for eighth on the program’s points list. Brown, who also shares residence on the all-time points annals, added ten more to go with ten boards. Beyond those marks, junior guard Will Pottebaum turned in a team-best 18 points and was near-perfect from the floor in doing so. He was seven-of-nine from the field overall, two of four from outside the arc, and two for two at the free-throw line. Sophomore guard Aidan Vanderloo while seeing his run of successive 20-points-or-more contests end, finished with 13, and freshman forward Justin Sitti added 10. For a second straight game, a final 20-minutes rally proved pivotal for the Mustangs women’s team. Embroiled in a back-and-forth tug of war with Dakota Wesleyan, Sale’s squad managed to find its offensive third gear in the nick of time. Senior guard Sierra Mitchell was the crux behind a 14-4 stretch in the last 3:19 that provided the victory in front of a happy home crowd at Allee Gymnasium of the Rosen-Verdoorn Sports Center. Mitchell canned two three-pointers in the span, and Mside, improving to 2-2 overall, went nine-of-12 at the charity stripe to finally put away what had been a tense battle for a good share of the 40 minutes. DWU, despite falling to 3-1 overall and 0-1 in the conference, led by as much as four at several stages and always managed to answer every Mustangs’ attack with one of its own until the game-decider. Mitchell and senior forward Sophia Peppers shared the scoring lead with 14 each. Mitchell also dished out six assists, and Peppers gathered five rebounds, dished out three assists, and blocked a Tiger shot attempt. Fellow senior forward Taylor Rodenbergh appeared at every spot on the floor throughout the
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Morningside Women 2 4 10 11 12 14 15 23 24 25 30 33 40 44
Olivia Boudreau Sierra Mitchell Olivia Larsen Madison Clayton McKenna Sims Abbe Morten Lauren Hedlund Taylor Rodenburgh Aspen Jansa Sophia Peppers Alexis Spier Haley Debuse Sadie Roth Chloe Lofstrom Hanna Blackmore Makenna DeClue Jadon Dobbins Hannah Harris Ellie Johnston Nevaeh Morgan Alyssa Schafer
G G G G G G G G F F G F/C F/C F/C G G G G F G/F F
So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr.
5-9 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-7 5-9 5-8 5-11 5-7 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-7 5-4 5-4 5-8 5-7 5-10 5-8
Papillion, Neb./Papillion-LaVista Pleasant, Hill, Iowa/Southeast Polk Newell, Iowa/Newell-Fonda Sioux City, Iowa/West South Sioux City, Neb./Illinois State Hartington, Neb./Hartington-Newcastle Albion, Neb./Boone Central Hawarden, Iowa/West Sioux Wahoo, Neb./Nebraska-Kearney Exira, Iowa/Exira-Elk Horn Kimballton Gretna, Neb./Gretna Elkhorn, Neb. / Elkhorn Sioux Falls, S.D./Harrisburg Armstrong, Iowa/North Union Holstein, Iowa/Ridge View Troy, Mo./Troy-Buchanan Hopkins, Mo./North Nodaway Homer, Neb./Homer Mt. Vernon, Mo./Mt. Vernon Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf Woodbine, Iowa/Woodbine
Head coach: Jamie Sale Assistant coaches: Jill Bodammer, Denny Lokken, Jordyn Wollenburg, Bryan Alfredson, Tenly Hansen
Dordt University Women 3 5 11 12 13 15 20 22 23 25 30 32 33 35
Macey Nielson Hayden Heimensen Olivia Ritter Bailey Sievers Bailey Beckman McKenna Klecker Maggie Walker Mya Chmielewski Abby Postma Ashtyn Veerbeek Karly Gustafson Faith Van Holland Riley Van Hulzen Janie Schoonhoven Bethany Vasecka Jordyn Winterfeld
G G G G G G G G G/F F F G C F G/F G
5-6 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-5 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-11 6-2 5-11 5-8 5-11 5-10 5-11 5-6
So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Sr.
Sioux Falls, S.D. Rock Rapids, Iowa Tea, S.D. Albert City, Iowa Panora, Iowa Chandler, Ariz. Fonda, Iowa Mayer, Minn . Rock Valley, Iowa Sioux Center, Iowa Ethan, S.D. Sioux Falls, S.D. Lynden, Wash. Hospers, Iowa Tea, S.D. Sioux Center, Iowa
Head coach: Bill Harmsen Assistant coaches: Jaymie Bernbeck, Sean Trottman, Kyle Hiemstra, Makayla De Young
WOMEN REMAINING SCHEDULE NOV. 20 Nov. 23 DEC. 1 DEC. 4 Dec. 8 Dec. 11 Dec. 19-20 Dec. 28-29 Jan. 1 JAN. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 12 JAN. 15 Jan. 19 Jan. 22 JAN. 26 Jan. 29 Feb. 2 FEB. 5 FEB. 11 FEB. 12 Feb. 16 FEB. 19
BELLEVUE 4:30 P.M. Doane* 6 p.m. CONCORDIA* 6 P.M. MT. MARTY* 2 P.M. Briar Cliff* 6 p.m. Northwestern* 2 p.m. Puerto Rico Classic Briar Cliff Holiday Classic Sioux City, Iowa Jamestown* 2 p.m. COLLEGE OF ST. MARY* 6 P.M. Midland* 2 p.m. Hastings* 6 p.m. DOANE* 2 P.M. Concordia* 6 p.m. Mt. Marty* 2 p.m. NORTHWESTERN* 6 P.M. College of St. Mary’s* 2 p.m. Dordt* 6 p.m. BRIAR CLIFF* 2 P.M. JAMESTOWN* 6 P.M. HASTINGS 2 P.M. Dakota Wesleyan* 6 p.m. MIDLAND* 2 P.M.
*Great Plains Athletic Conference game Home games in bold All home games at Allee Gymnasium in the RosenVerdoorn Sports Center
Morningside Men 00 2 3 4 5 11 12 14 20 22 23 24 32 33 44 45
Creighton Morisch Jack Dotzler Trey Powers Brendan Buckley Tyler Vavrina Trey Knudsen Zach Imig Will Pottebaum Joey Skoff Aidan Vanderloo Justin Sitti Collin Hill Trey Brown Ely Doble Dylan Johnson Will Hurd Ethan Alfers Jalen Austin Alec Dreckman Louis Fidler Charlie Fletcher Clay Frost Quinn Frost Jay Jurgens Tyler Kriener Jarrod Nafzinger Jaxon Neubert Nathan Reed Tyson Spradling Elijah Williams
F G F G G G G G G G F F C F/C F C F G G G G G G C F G G G F G
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6-9 5-10 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-6 6-7 6-5 6-7 7-0 6-4 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-8 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-1 6-2
Spirit Lake, Iowa/Spirit Lake Omaha, Neb./Roncalli Omaha, Neb./Gross Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep Abie, Neb./Aquinas Catholic Yutan, Neb./Yutan Gretna, Neb./Gretna LeMars, Iowa/LeMars Bellevue, Neb./Bellevue East Sioux City, Iowa/Uni. of Iowa Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep Jewell, Iowa/Truman State Gretna, Neb./Gretna Gretna, Neb./Gretna Epworth, Iowa/Western Dubuque Nemaha, Iowa/Storm Lake St. Mary’s Neola, Iowa/Tri-Center Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado LeMars, Iowa/LeMars Bellevue, Neb./Bellevue West Omaha, Neb./Skutt Catholic Gretna, Neb./Gretna Gretna, Neb./Gretna Brandon, S.D./Brandon Valley Spirit Lake, Iowa/Spirit Lake Ashland, Neb./Ashland-Greenwood Westminster, Colo./Mountain Range Sioux City, Iowa/North Broomfield, Colo./Legacy Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington
Head coach: Trent Miller Assistant coaches: Joel Haveman, Tim Van Peursem, John Vanderloo, Trystan Cummins Graduate assistant coach: Jackson Lazzo Student coaches: Conner Hill, Zach Olson
Dordt University Men
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Luke Rankin G Trey Hinote G Bryce Coppock G Cade Bleeker F Shane Haagsma G Caleb Harmsen G Jackson Lee G Andrew DeVries G Ben Fairclough F Tyler Prins G Jackson Louscher F Camden Bialas F Dawson Feenstra F Jacob Vis F Austin Van Donge F Josh Baugher F Ben Loverude F Matt Haken F Wilson Harshbarger
5-10 5-11 5-11 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-8 6-2 6-3 6-9 6-3 6-7 6-3 6-6 6-7 6-5 6-9
Fr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. So. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. So.
Head coach: Brian Van Haaften Assistant coaches: Kyle Lindbergh, Luke Swedberg
Grimes, Iowa Jefferson, Iowa Hawarden, Iowa Sioux Center, Iowa Gilbert, Ariz. Rock Rapids, Iowa Chandler, Ariz. Bellingham, Wash. Perth, Australia Sioux Falls, S.D. Paullina, Iowa Parker, S.D. Hull, Iowa Rock Valley,Iowa Orange City, Iowa Albany, Ore. Urbandale, Iowa Sibley, Iowa Sioux Center, Iowa
MEN REMAINING SCHEDULE Nov. 23 DEC. 1 DEC. 4 Dec. 8 Dec. 11 Dec. 17-18 Dec. 28-29 Jan. 1 Jan. 8 Jan. 12 JAN. 15 Jan. 19 Jan. 22 JAN. 26 Feb. 2 FEB. 5 FEB. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 16 FEB. 19
Doane* CONCORDIA* MOUNT MARTY* Briar Cliff* Northwestern* Cruzn’ Classic Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Briar Cliff Holiday Classic Sioux City, Iowa Jamestown* Midland* Hastings* DOANE* Concordia* Mount Marty* NORTHWESTERN* Dordt* BRIAR CLIFF* JAMESTOWN* Hastings* Dakota Wesleyan* MIDLAND*
*Great Plains Athletic Conference game Home games in bold All home games at Allee Gymnasium in the Rosen-Verdoorn Sports Center
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continued from page one afternoon, collecting 11 points and nine rebounds to go with six assists and four steals. Sophomore post player Chloe Lofstrom took a substantial measure in the paint with a double-double of 11 points and ten rebounds. Sophomore guard Alexis Spier continued to impress off the bench, tallying 10 points which featured a pair of crucial three-point baskets. Dordt’s men have four individuals averaging double figures. Sophomore guard Bryce Coppock headlines the quartet (15.7 points per game), followed by junior guard Cade Bleeker (14.1 ppg), junior forward Jacob Vis (14 ppg), and freshman guard Luke Rankin (13.3 ppg). Junior forward Ashytn Veerbeek spotlights the Defenders’ women’s numbers. She has been a handful around the floor for the opposition, averaging 19.3 points per appearance due to hitting better than 54 percent from the field. She is just off double-double pace with 9.2 boards and blocks nearly three opposing shots per appearance. Junior guard Bailey Beckman is also scoring double digits per outing (10.2).
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