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Lady Yellowjackets Move Over .500 Mark with Second
Straight Win (Feb. 14, 2004)
Box Score
BILLINGS, MT – The Lady
Yellowjackets’ big three scorers all had big games
Saturday night as Montana State-Billings won its
second game in a row, 73-57 over Converse College,
to improve to 12-11. Jenny Langford matched her
career high with 21 points, sinking five 3-pointers,
to lead all scorers.
MSU Billings maintained a
modest lead for much of the first half as the
All-Stars used strong offensive rebounding to keep
the game close. The Jackets built a 38-27 lead by
the break and held its double-digit lead throughout
the second half. Converse was able to cut the lead
to as close as 11 points behind second chance points
and solid free throw shooting, but the MSUB offense
was too much to handle.
Tanya Petersen and Robyn Milne
combined for 34 points on the inside for the
Yellowjackets. Petersen followed her career-high 26
point outing on Friday with 18 points and seven
boards on Saturday. Milne added 16 points and six
rebounds while blocking five shots. She had eight
blocked shots in the two games against Converse this
weekend. In the two wins over the All-Stars,
Langford, Petersen and Milne combined for 106 of the
Yellowjackets’ 164 total points (65 percent).
The All-Stars shot 80 percent
from the free throw line, including 9 of 11 in the
second half. Melissa Bunce and Lauren Mueller each
had double-doubles for Converse. Bunce scored a
team-high 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
Mueller finished with 14 and 11.
Freshman Shannon Harvey netted
seven points for the Jackets, adding career highs
with six assists and five rebounds. Fellow freshman
Jennifer Skrifvars finished with five boards and
four assists.
The Yellowjackets play four
games in seven days over the next two weeks to close
out the season. They host West Region rival Western
New Mexico three times in Billings, playing on
February 17, 19 and 20. They finish with their
sixth straight home game, hosting NAIA Northern
Montana on February 23.
Click HERE for photos of the Lady Yellowjackets vs.
Converse College, Feb. 14, 2004
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