Cold Shooting Spells Defeat for Northwest U.
DILLON, Mont. - Cold shooting in the first half proved to be their downfall as Northwest U. was defeated tonight by Montana Western, 77-54, in their season opener.
NU fell behind early and trailed at the half, 49-19, but heated up and out scored Montana Western in the second half, 35-28. But isn't wasn't quite enough to make up the deficit. The Eagles were cold in the first half shooting 23% from 2-point range and 33% from the 3-point line. Second half shooting improved to 42.9% and 40% from the trey line. Western shot a hot 50% in the first half, 46% from the 3-point line but cooled to 33% and 28.6% in the second stanza. Montana Western held the rebound edge at 46 to 36.
Colleen Woods (Soph., Shoreline, Wash.) led the Eagles (0-1, 0-0) scoring 19 points while teammate Erika Hornyak (Soph., Everett, Wash.) scored 12 and had 7 rebounds. Senior guard Rachel Mitchell (North Bend, Wash.) had 8 points on the night.
Montana Western (1-0, 0-0) was led by Jamie Lake's 17 points. Alysa Brown put in 16 points and her teammate Stephanie Dana dropped in 11 points.
The Eagles now head to Helena, Montana for two more games in the Carroll College Tournament on Friday and Saturday. They face tourney host Carroll tomorrow night and Montana Tech on Saturday. Both games are scheduled for 8 p.m. (MST).