Lady Yellowjackets Roll Over Green Mountain Again (Jan. 17, 2004)
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BILLINGS, MT – Despite a slow start and some cold shooting spells, MSU Billings crushed Green Mountain College for the second straight night, 79-31.  Robyn Milne’s tenth double-double of the season led the Lady Jackets, who improved to 10-7.  It’s the first time this season that the Yellowjackets have been three games over .500.

Neither team shot the ball well to start the game.  A pair of free throws by the Eagles’ Bronya Shillo at 10:58 of the first half drew Green Mountain to within one point of the Jackets at 10-9.  That was as close as the Eagles would get for the rest of the game as they shot just 14.8 percent from the field in the first half and 14.0 percent in the game.   Bronya scored a team-high 12 for the Eagles, ten of which came in the first half. 

The Yellowjackets’ own cold shooting in the opening stanza (28.2 percent) helped the Eagles stay close for the first ten minutes, but MSUB stretched its lead to 33-16 by halftime.  Tanya Petersen scored 11 of her 13 points in the first half.  She also blocked five first half shots en route to a career-high seven blocks in the game, tying her for the third highest single game total in school history. 

All ten Yellowjackets scored in the game and none of the ten played fewer than 16 minutes.  Milne saw the most minutes of any Yellowjacket with 24 as Coach Melissa Slone substituted liberally to get younger players more experience.  Freshman Shannon Harvey added ten points and a career-high four rebounds.

In the two game set against the Eagles, eight Yellowjackets achieved at least one career high.  Freshman Jessica Bratton scored eight points and grabbed seven rebounds in 16 minutes of action Saturday, reaching her career high for both points and rebounds.  Sophia Forney added eight points and a career-best 12 rebounds.

The Lady Yellowjackets have two important West Region road games next week when they play at St. Martin’s College in Lacy, WA, on January 22.  They will take on Northwest Nazarene January 23.  That game will be a neutral site game also played in Lacey.  MSUB’s next home game is February 13 against Converse College of South Carolina.  After four road games, the Lady Yellowjackets’ final six games of the season will be at Alterowitz Gymnasium.

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