Skylights top Western women

By The Standard Staff - 02/05/2006

HAVRE — The University of Montana-Western women’s basketball team had a cold night from the field and the free-throw line Saturday night.

Montana State-Northern’s DeLayne Johnston didn’t have the same problem.

Johnston poured in 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Skylights handed the Bulldogs their second Frontier Conference loss of the season, a 72-56 setback.

Guard Jaci Heny added 21 points for Northern, while Ashley Trulock came off the bench to score 12 points for coach Chris Mouat’s Skylights.

Becky O’Neil scored 21 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead Western.

Katherine Sunwall added 10 points and blocked a six shots.

Also, Crystal Kain scored six for Western, and Megan Schmitz and Laura Shea each scored six.

MONTANA-WESTERN (7-2, 21-4) Becky O’Neil 7-13 7-12 21, Katherine Sunwall 2-3 6-10 10, Crystal Kain 3-7 1-3 8, Megan Schmitz 3-12 0-1 6, Billi Suhr 1-12 0-2 3, Lindsey Scott 1-2 0-0 3, Laura Shea 3-9 0-0 6, Colette Behrent 0-0 0-0 0, Gena Rucker 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-59 14-28 57.

MSU-NORTHERN (4-5, 14-7) DeLayne Johnston 8-16 7-8 23, Jena Heggem 0-4 2-2 2, Michele VanDyke 3-7 0-0 6, Camille Gardner 3-8 0-0 8, Jace Heny 4-11 11-12 21, Neesha Bravard 0-0 0-0 0, Ashley Trulock 4-7 4-6 12. Totals 22-53 24-28 72.

Halftime — Northern 38-25. 3-point goals — Western 3-23 (Kain 1-3, Schmitz 0-7, Suhr 1-9, Scott 1-2, Shea 0-1, Rucker 0-1), Northern 4-13 (Heggem 0-3, Gardner 2-4, Heny 2-6). Rebounds — Western 40 (O’Neil 14, Northern 40 (Johnston 15). Assists — Western 13 (Schmitz 4, Suhr 4), Northern 16 (Heny 7, Gardner 5). Steals — Western 3 (Suhr 2), Northern 6 (Johnston 2). Blocks — Western 7 (Sunwall 6), Northern 3 (Trulock 2, Heggem). Fouls — Western 16, Northern 17. Fouled out — O’Neil, VanDyke). Technicals — none.

Great Falls 86, Montana Tech 77 GREAT FALLS — Hello, Laura Keaster.

Keaster scored 40 points for Great Falls and the Argos pulled away from a 39-37 halftime lead for their third Frontier Conference victory of the season.

Kyle Cook and Tami Infante each scored 19 points to pace Tech, which fell to 1-8 in conference and 5-19 overall.

MONTANA TECH (1-8, 5-19) — Kate Strietz 0-1 0-0 0, Kyle Cook 5-13 4-4 19, Tami Infante 9-14 0-1 19, Marcie Alzeheimer 2-8 0-0 4, Johanna Fryer 4-9 1-3 4, Jonna Davis 1-1 0-0 3, Stephanie Baertsch 2-7 1-2 6, Jacqui Millam 5-10 1-2 13, Kelsey Devries 1-2 0-0 2, Jordan Kambich 1-2 0-0 2. Totals: 30-67 7-12 77 GREAT FALLS (3-6, 7-17) — Jessica Smith 5-10 1-3 11, Meghan Schwantes 5-12 2-3 13, Laura Keaster 12-20 12-13 40, Angie Clift 3-5 2-2 10, Melanie Green 3-4 2-3 10, Mindy Houx 1-2 0-0 2, Monica Thackeray 0-0 0-0 0, Siobhan Donnelly 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 29-54 19-24 86 Halftime: Montana-Tech 37, UGF 39. 3-point goals: Montana-Tech 10-19 (Cook 5-6, Infante 1-2, Alzeheimer 0-1, Fryer 0-1, Davis 1-1, Baertsch 1-3, Millam 2-5), UGF 9-15 (Smith 0-1, Schwantes 1-3, Keaster 4-4, Slift 2-3, Green 2-3, Donnelly 0-1). Rebounds: Montana-Tech 26 (Alzeheimer 11), UGF 34 (Schwantes 11). Total fouls: Montana-Tech 20, UGF 14. Fouled out: none. Assists: Montana-Tech 22 (Baertsch 10), UGF 26 (Keaster 7). Turnovers: Montana-Tech 18, UGF 23.

Carroll 58, Lewis-Clark 57 LEWISTON, Idaho — Andrea Hall scored 14 points and Danielle Maloney added 12 points to help lead Carroll over L-C State.

No details were reported.

CARROLL (58) — Emili Woody 3-5 0-0 5, Amy Brooks 2-4 1-2 5, Carly Syverson 4-10 0-1 6, Jolene Fuzesy 2-13 2-2 5, Andrea Hall 7-18 3-6 14, Laci High 0-1 0-0 0, Danielle Maloney 5-11 3-8 12, Sophi Forney 2-6 0-0 4, Katie Rodgers 3-5 1-3 7.

LEWIS-CLARK (57) — Katie Hart 1-7 0-2 2, Jade Fulbright 3-8 2-5 6, Cami Kalbfleisch 0-6 0-1 0, Ashley Baker 10-23 3-8 23, Aundrea Morrison 9-14 2-3 20, Katya Yancheva 0-6 4-4 4, Janeen Nelson 0-2 0-1 0, Vanessa West 1-5 0-0 2.

Rebounds — Carroll 48 (Brooks 8, Hall 9, Rodgers 9). L-C 37 (Baker 11, Morrison 7). Turnovers — Carroll 24, L-C 12. Technical Fouls — None.

Westminster 69, Rocky Mountain 49 SALT LAKE CITY — High-scoring Shalee Fackrell was held to 23 points Saturday night, but she still led Westminster to the win over Rocky Mountain. Fackrell is the leading scorer in NAIA Division I women’s basketball with an average of more than 26 points a game.

The Griffins took a 33-23 halftime lead and then expanded it after intermission. They feasted on the boards as Janae Hirschi’s eight rebounds led a 39-24 advantage on the glass.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN (3-6, 7-17) — Stephanie Neubauer 2-6 0-0 5, Lori Jo Neubauer 2-4 0-0 6, Alyssa Root 2-6 2-4 6, Gretchen Wall 2-6 0-0 4, Josie Evans 5-9 1-1 11, Amy Schillinger 1-6 4-7 7, Sarah Madinger 0-0 0-0 0, Erin Ramsay 3-4 0-0 8, Beth Ueland 0-0 0-0 0, Jeri Matter 1-4 0-0 2, Megan Mohr 0-2 0-0 0, Andrea Rice 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 18-47 7-12 49.

WESTMINSTER (4-5, 13-11) — Shannon Evans 1-8 4-4 7, Shalee Fackrell 8-20 7-9 23, Elisa Leader 6-12 4-4 17, Amy Taggart 1-4 0-0 2, Janae Hirschi 3-6 1-2 9, Jordan Eckman 3-4 0-0 8, Alicia Haberle 0-2 0-0 0, Mara Hoskins 0-0 0-0 0, Lani Johnson 1-1 0-0 3, Tiff Dodge 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 23-57 16-19 69.

Halftime — Westminster 33, Rocky Mountain 23. 3-point goals — Rocky 6-16 (Schillinger 1-2, S. Neubauer 1-2, L. Neubauer 2-4, Root 0-2, Ramsay 2-3, Wall 0-1, Mohr 0-2), Westminster 7-18 (Evans 1-5, Johnson 1-1, Haberle 0-1, Eckman 2-3, Hirschi 2-4, Leader 1-4). Fouled out — none. Total fouls — Rocky 16, Westminster 15. Technical — Rocky bench. Rebounds — Rocky 24 (Three with 4 each), Westminster 39 (Hirschi 8). Blocks — none. Assists — Rocky 16 (Schillinger 5), Westminster 20 (Hirschi 5). Steals — Rocky 8 (Schillinger 3), Westminster 11 (Fackrell 3). Turnovers — Rocky 16, Westminster 15.