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60
Vanguard VANGUARD 7-3, 3-2
71
Winner Montana Western MONTANA 8-2, 1-1
Vanguard VANGUARD
7-3, 3-2
60
Final
71
Montana Western MONTANA
8-2, 1-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Vanguard VANGUARD 12 18 14 16 60
Montana Western MONTANA 8 22 20 21 71

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Lindsey Branch, UMW Sports Information

Hot Shooting Propels Bulldogs Past No. 14 Ranked Vanguard University

CHANDLER, Ariz. – The Bulldog Women's Basketball team got off to a hot start in the Cactus Classic this afternoon by vanquishing the No. 14 ranked Vanguard University (Calif.) Lions by a score of 71-60.

"It was a great team effort. Joelnell gave us a huge burst offensively in the first half and I think that helped us settle in offensively. Then in the second half, I though Kyla and Isabella made some huge plays to help push the margin. Two more big ones in the next couple of days." Head Coach Lindsay Woolley said after the win.

How it Happened
The Bulldogs trailed the Lions 12-8 heading into the second quarter following a less than impressive performance. The Bulldogs were just 2-12 from the field and shot a mere 16.7 percent as a team. Despite the lackluster first quarter, the Bulldogs kicked it into gear behind sophomore Joelnell Momberg. In a span of five minutes, Momberg hit three shots from the arc and snagged a pair of layups to post 13 points in the quarter. The Bulldogs would go into the half tied with the Lions at 30 after Jordan Sweeney hit a three-pointer with just 30 seconds on the clock.

Momberg was the first to strike coming out of the half, giving the Bulldogs a 32-30 lead two minutes into the third. With 1:48 left in the quarter, Kyla Momberg nailed a layup giving the Bulldogs their largest lead of the game thus far. A 7-0 run from the Lions that started at the end of the third quarter and stretched into the start of the fourth cut UMW's lead down to just two with 9:09 remaining in the game. Isabella Lund stepped up to the plate and answered by scoring seven points in a row on the way to a Bulldog 15-0 scoring run. Shainy Mack stretched the Montana Western lead to a game-high of 18 points with just over four minutes remaining in the game. Vanguard was unable to respond as the Bulldogs finished up on top 71-60.
 
Notables
  • After putting up a team shooting percentage of just 16.6 percent in the first quarter, the Bulldogs shooting game shined as they posted a 62.5 shooting percentage in the remaining three quarters of the game.
  • The UMW bench provided a push as they scored 14 points for the Bulldogs, compared to the VU bench who scored just four points.
  • The Lions outrebounded the Bulldogs 34-20. Vanguard capitalized with a 13-3 edge in second chance points.
  • Brynley Fitzgerald and Joelnell Momberg each had 17 points in the game. Fitzgerald also added six rebounds, four steals, a block, and an assist. Momberg had another two steals and a rebound. She also shot 70 percent on the day from the field.
  • Shainy Mack also hit double digits as she scored 10 points behind a 60 percent shooting percentage. She tabbed five boards and three assists.
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will turn around and take on the (RV) Rust College Bearcats (Miss.) tomorrow at 2pm MST as they continue in the Cactus Classic. The Bearcats enter the matchup on a high note as they defeated the MSU-Northern Skylights this evening by a score of 62-43.

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