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Abby Fleetwood
67
Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A 24-8
87
Winner Dordt (IA) DORDT (I 31-2
Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A
24-8
67
Final
87
Dordt (IA) DORDT (I
31-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Spring Arbor (MI) SPRING A 14 10 24 19 67
Dordt (IA) DORDT (I 17 21 30 19 87

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Basketball season ends in national tournament

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – The Spring Arbor University women's basketball team saw its season come to an end Saturday in the second round of the NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship as the No. 9-seeded Cougars fell to No. 1-seed Dordt University 87-67.
 
Spring Arbor finished the season with an overall record of 24-8 – the most wins since posting 31 in the 1998-99 campaign – and made the national tournament for the first time since 1999.
 
 
THE BASICS
SCORE: Spring Arbor 67, (1) Dordt 87
LOCATION: Sioux Center, Iowa
RECORDS: Spring Arbor 24-8, Dordt 31-2
 
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
  • Spring Arbor trailed Dordt by just three, 17-14, after the first 10 minutes, but the top-seeded Defenders were able to take control of the game in the second quarter.
  • Dordt held SAU to 4-of-15 shooting and outscored the Cougars 21-10 in the second period to take a 38-24 lead into halftime.
  • Dordt was able to stretch the margin to 20 by the end of the third quarter, 68-48, and maintained that lead the rest of the way.
  • Sydney Aunins had a team-high 12 points and Alex Long followed with 11. Alayna Kulesza and Alana Nelson added 10 points each.

 
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