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DSC Women's Basketball
Five Dixie State women’s basketball players scored in dou
blefigures to lead the Red Storm to a 74-69 win over Notre Dame de Namur in the Pacific West Conference opener tonight at Burns Arena.
Senior guard Sheila Adams (Layton, UT/Layton) had a team high 15 points, junior center Becca Thomas (Riverside, CA/Redwood) chipped in 13 points, junior guard Erica Hayes (East Palo Alto, CA/Menlo-Atherton) had 12 and freshman forward Kirsten Marie Liana (Honolulu, HI/Farrington) and junior forward Qorreah Joice (Los Angeles, CA/Winward) each had 11 points.
Trailing 46-49 with 9:10 left in the second half, Adams hit the first of three consecutive Red Storm three pointers to thrust them on a 9-0 run and take a 56-51 advantage. Liana hit the other two treys during the run and DSC would never trail again in the game.
The Red Storm trailed 31-29 at the half, due in part to going 2-19 from three-point range and missing 15 consecutive three-point attempts. DSC finished the game 6-34 in the game, just 17.6 percent from behind the arc.
Coach Angie Kristensen said, “Obviously we had great looks tonight and we just didn’t hit those open shots. We make few more three’s and that game busts right open.”
The Argonauts were coming off arguably the biggest win in program history over #9 ranked Grand Canyon on Saturday night and it showed tonight. Taylor Dewees hit seven three pointers on her way to a game high 25 points and Pilar Mullins added a double-double with 10 points and 19 rebounds.
“NDNU has always been a thorn in my side since I have been at DSC, so we will take the win,” continued Kristensen. “We are still trying to find out who we are and I love the depth we have and it will help us in conference play.”
With the win the Red Storm continued their dominance at home during PacWest play. Tonight’s win made it 24 PWC wins in a row. DSC improves to 5-2 overall and 1-1 on the season.
With the loss, NDNU drops to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in PWC play.
We have a huge game Saturday against a nationally ranked opponent and we need to come ready to play.”
The Red Storm travel to #12 ranked Cal Poly Pomona on Saturday afternoon, tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. mountain time.
Humboldt State wins offensive battle at home over Dixie State Jacks remain undefeated despite good effort from Red Storm
by John Potter II - Radio Voice of the Red Storm/Asst. Sports Information Director
Senior quarterback Mike Proulx threw for four touchdowns and senior running back Lyndon Rowells topped the century mark on the ground leading the Humboldt State football team to a 56-27 home win over Dixie State College on Saturday at the Redwood Bowl.
The Lumberjacks (4-0, 3-0 GNAC) racked up 591 yards of total offense to remain unbeaten in league play. Dixie State amassed 370 yards in defeat, moving to 1-4 on the year and 1-3 in the GNAC.
Humboldt scored on its first two possessions, jumping out to an early 14-0 lead. Proulx connected with his tight end Alex Hiebert for a two-yard strike and hit his main tight end target, Chris Bolt from 13 yards in the second drive.
Dixie State responded by gambling on fourth and goal from the one-yard line. Jesse Ence (11 rushes for 30 yards, 3 catches for 51 yards) cut inside tackle and found the end zone to make the score 14-7 after the first quarter.
After a Jameson Schultz punt backed HSU to its own goal line, Proulx led the Jacks 99 yards down the field, hitting Bolt for a second score.
Stefan Cantwell entered the game in the second quarter and captained DSC within a touchdown. A wide-open Joe Dun Duncan hauled in a 53-yard catch and run for a touchdown closing the HSU advantage to 21-14.
Chris Miles’s reception from 11 yards closed the half. Humboldt led 28-14 paced by Proulx’s 315 yards and four first-half scores.
Rowells, who was held to 44 yards in the first half, scored three touchdowns in the second half from nine, 16 and five yards out respectively. The senior tailback had 25 carries for 102 yards on the night.
Cantwell found Darren Carter in the corner of the end zone on a fade route late in the third quarter. The sophomore quarterback posted his best collegiate game thus far – 10-of-14 passing for 180 yards with two touchdowns while rushing the ball eight times for 24 yards.
DSC’s final score culminated a 15-play, 78-yard drive spanning over seven minutes. Kaleo Nawahine completed three passes and rushed for 10 yards, including scoring from five yards out.
Skyler Fullmer had a career day in making his first start of the year at middle linebacker. He posted 13 tackles (three solo) and one tackle for loss. Cache Morgan added nine tackles. Nick Porrazzo, Jake Duncan and Daniel Moffett each added seven tackles.
Dixie State returns to action next Saturday north of the 49th parallel in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada against the Clan of Simon Fraser. Kickoff from Terry Fox Field is set for 3 p.m.